Definition of headline Headline

/hɛˈdlajˌn/ - [hedlayn] - head•line

We found 12 definitions of headline from 6 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: headlines

headline - the heading or caption of a newspaper article
  newspaper headline
  heading, header, head a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
  newspaper, paper the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"
  drop line, dropline, stagger head, staggered head, stephead, stepped line a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right
  screamer gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call

Verb

headlines, headlining, headlined  

headline - provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline
  furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"
  publishing, publication the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
headline - publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
  advertise, advertize, publicise, publicize call attention to; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • headline (Noun)
    A heading or title of an article.
  • headline (Noun)
    The top-billed attraction.
  • headline (Noun)
    A headrope.
  • headline (Verb)
    To have top billing; to be the main attraction.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • headline (n.)
    The line at the head or top of a page.
  • headline (n.)
    See Headrope.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • headline
    The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article.

Wikipedia Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • A headline is text at the top of a article, telling the reader the nature of the article below. Newspapers almost always have "headlines" in their papers.

Part of speech

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  • headline, verb, present, 1st person singular of headline (infinitive).
  • headline, verb (infinitive).
  • headline, noun, singular of headlines.

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