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headline

[ hed-lahyn ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. the largest such heading on the front page, usually at the top.
  3. the line at the top of a page, containing the title, pagination, etc.


verb (used with object)

headlined, headlining.
  1. to furnish with a headline.
  2. to mention or name in a headline.
  3. to publicize, feature, or star (a specific performer, product, etc.).
  4. to be the star of (a show, nightclub act, etc.)

verb (used without object)

headlined, headlining.
  1. to be the star of an entertainment.

headline

/ ˈɛˌɪ /

noun

  1. Also calledheadheading
    1. a phrase at the top of a newspaper or magazine article indicating the subject of the article, usually in larger and heavier type
    2. a line at the top of a page indicating the title, page number, etc
  2. usually plural the main points of a television or radio news broadcast, read out before the full broadcast and summarized at the end
  3. hit the headlines
    to become prominent in the news
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to furnish (a story or page) with a headline
  2. to have top billing (in)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of headline1

First recorded in 1620–30; head + line 1
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When you wake up on Friday morning. if, unlike political nerds, you have actually been to bed, the headlines that will greet you will be about Reform.

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Through 100 days of lawlessness and a Trump-led program to end due process, Schumer's biggest headlines have come from cooperating with the regime.

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Two years later, the band made headlines in Belfast after commissioning a mural of a burning police vehicle with a slogan criticising Northern Ireland's pre-Good Friday police force, the RUC.

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While "enemy" is overstating it, Peterson was right, and additionally Carney is also very adept at understanding the nexus between markets and headlines.

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So, it should come as no surprise that there’s been dirt thrown at the movie in the headlines and on social media.

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