What does headline mean?

Definitions for headline
ˈhɛdˌlaɪnhead·line

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. headline, newspaper headlineverb

    the heading or caption of a newspaper article

  2. headlineverb

    publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline

  3. headlineverb

    provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

GCIDE

  1. Headlinenoun

    (Journalism) A title for an article in a newspaper, sometimes one line, sometimes more, set in larger and bolder type than the body of the article and indicating the subject matter or content of the article.

  2. Headlinenoun

    A similar title at the top of the newspaper indicating the most important story of the day; also, a title for an illustration or picture.

  3. headlineverb

    To mention in a headline.

  4. headlineverb

    To furnish with a headline (senses 1, 3, or 4).

  5. headlineverb

    To publicise prominently in an advertisement.

Wiktionary

  1. headlinenoun

    A heading or title of an article

    The headline on today's newspaper reads "John Doe Wins Wood-Splitting Competition."

  2. headlinenoun

    The top-billed attraction

  3. headlineverb

    To have top billing; to be the main attraction

Wikipedia

  1. Headline

    The headline or heading is the text indicating the content or nature of the article below it, typically by providing a form of brief summary of its contents. The large type front page headline did not come into use until the late 19th century when increased competition between newspapers led to the use of attention-getting headlines. It is sometimes termed a news hed, a deliberate misspelling that dates from production flow during hot type days, to notify the composing room that a written note from an editor concerned a headline and should not be set in type.Headlines in English often use a set of grammatical rules known as headlinese, designed to meet stringent space requirements by, for example, leaving out forms of the verb "to be" and choosing short verbs like "eye" over longer synonyms like "consider".

ChatGPT

  1. headline

    A headline is the main title or heading of an article, news story, or online content that provides a brief summary of the content's subject matter, often written in a way to attract attention or evoke interest from readers.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Headlinenoun

    the line at the head or top of a page

  2. Headlinenoun

    see Headrope

Wikidata

  1. Headline

    The headline is the text at the top of a newspaper article, indicating the nature of the article below it. The large type front page headline did not come into use until the late 19th century when increased competition between newspapers led to the use of attention-getting headlines. It is sometimes termed a news hed, a deliberate misspelling that dates from production flow during hot type days, to notify the composing room that a written note from an editor concerned a headline and should not be set in type. Headlines in English often use a unique set of grammatical rules known as Headlinese.

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'headline' in Nouns Frequency: #2416

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of headline in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of headline in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of headline in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Chambers:

    There is too much uncertainty on the pound. A headline can take out all the reason why you bought the currency in the first place on fundamental views.

  2. Adam Longson in a note:

    By our estimates, the average 2015 oversupply is only 0.7-1.0 million bpd, intentional efforts to build or sell out government stockpiles that are not available to the market, nor included in demand figures, could help tighten the balance beyond headline implied stock changes.

  3. James Inhofe:

    We hear this perpetual headline that 2014 has been the warmest year on record, but now the script has flipped.

  4. John Saucer:

    The headline on Libya was merely the trigger.

  5. Edward Moya:

    The market has become overly aggressive and bullish on everything, it could have been any bearish headline that could have triggered this reaction.

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