headline

headline
[[t]he̱dlaɪn[/t]]
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headlines, headlining, headlined
1) N-COUNT A headline is the title of a newspaper story, printed in large letters at the top of the story, especially on the front page.

The Sydney Morning Herald carried the headline: `Sorry Ma'am, Most Australians Want a Republic'...

I'm sick of reading headlines involving the Kennedys in sex scandals.

2) N-PLURAL The headlines are the main points of the news which are read on radio or television.

I'm Claudia Polley with the news headlines.

3) VERB: usu passive If a newspaper or magazine article is headlined a particular thing, that is the headline that introduces it.

[be V-ed quote] The article was headlined `Tell us the truth'. [Also V n quote]

4) VERB If someone headlines a show, they are the main performer in it.

[V n] Sir Cliff Richard headlined the event.

5) PHRASE: V inflects Someone or something that hits the headlines or grabs the headlines gets a lot of publicity from the media.

El Salvador first hit the world headlines at the beginning of the 1980s...

In sport, it's usually men who grab the headlines.


English dictionary. 2008.

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