headline

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word headline. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word headline, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say headline in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word headline you have here. The definition of the word headline will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofheadline, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: head line

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From head +‎ line.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛd.laɪn/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛdlaɪn

Noun

headline (plural headlines)

  1. (journalism) The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article.
    Synonym: hed
    The headline on today's newspaper reads "John Doe Wins Wood-Splitting Competition."
    • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
      Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.
  2. (printing, dated) The line at the top of a page containing the folio or number of the page.
  3. (entertainment) The top-billed attraction.
    Synonym: headliner
  4. (nautical) A headrope.

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

heading or title of an article

See also

Verb

headline (third-person singular simple present headlines, present participle headlining, simple past and past participle headlined)

  1. To give a headline to a page or section of a text.
  2. (transitive, intransitive, entertainment) To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction.

Derived terms

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia