Definitions for Headline
ˈhɛdˌlaɪnhead·line

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.6 / 7 votes

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

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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.

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

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

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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".

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1. Headlinenoun

   the line at the head or top of a page

2. Headlinenoun

   see Headrope

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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. headline

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Matched Categories

1. • Advertise
   • Provide
   • Publishing

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

How to pronounce Headline?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Headline in sign language?

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. Jay Leno:

   How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

2. Kellie Maloney:

   I was always trying to be the best and be seen as a jack-the-lad... because I was always hiding something, I could never ever let my defenses down, the manager of the heavyweight boxing champion of the world being a transsexual would have been some headline and a story that would have run for quite a while.

3. David Hensley:

   Scratching beneath the headline numbers, however, reveals an ongoing disparity between the relatively strong performance of the developed nations whereas growth in the emerging markets is quite weak.

4. James Inhofe:

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

5. Michael Fedorov:

   Our emails are not the typical 'You joined such and such a political party'. Instead we might have a crazy headline.

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