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- Dictionaryheadline/ˈhɛdlʌɪn/
noun
- 1. a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine: "a front-page headline"
adjective
- 1. denoting a particularly notable or important piece of news: "air accidents make headline news whereas car accidents are seldom publicized"
- 2. denoting or relating to the star performer or group at a concert, typically appearing as the last act on the bill: "they were one of the headline acts at the festival in Hyde Park"
verb
- 1. provide with a headline: "a feature that was headlined ‘Invest in your Future’"
- 2. appear as the star performer at (a concert): "Nirvana headlined the 1992 Reading Festival"
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a line of words printed in large letters as the title of a story in a newspaper, or the main points of the news that are broadcast on television or radio: The news of his death was splashed in headlines across all the newspapers. the eight o'clock headlines. Compare. byline (NEWSPAPER) specialized. Fewer examples.
The meaning of HEADLINE is words set at the head of a passage or page to introduce or categorize. How to use headline in a sentence.
a line of words printed in large letters as the title of a story in a newspaper, or the main points of the news that are broadcast on television or radio: The news of his death was splashed in headlines across all the newspapers. the eight o'clock headlines. Compare. byline (NEWSPAPER) specialized. Fewer examples.
noun. a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks. the largest such heading on the front page, usually at the top.
A headline is the title of a newspaper story, printed in large letters at the top of it.
Definition of headline noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter. 2. the largest such heading on the front page, usu. at the top. 3. the line at the top of a page, containing the title, pagination, etc. v.t.
A headline is the title of a newspaper story. You'll know the headline, because it's printed in the largest font on the front of the paper. Printed newspapers have headlines, and online journals, magazines, and newspapers also use headlines.
noun. uk / ˈhedlaɪn / us. Add to word list. B1 [ C ] the title of a newspaper story that is printed in large letters above it: a front-page headline. the headlines. B2. the main stories in newspapers, on television, etc: The story hit the headlines the very next day.
HEADLINE meaning: 1 : the title written in large letters over a story in a newspaper; 2 : the major news stories reported in newspapers, magazines, or television news programs.
