headline

== English == === Alternative forms === head-line, head line === Etymology === From head +‎ line. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɛd.laɪn/ Rhymes: -ɛdlaɪn === Noun === headline (plural headlines) A rope. (nautical, obsolete) Any of various type of rope used to attach a sail to a yard. [13th–19th c.] (nautical) A rope or chain used to attach the bow of a vessel to the shore or to another vessel. [from 19th c.] A rope tied to the head of an animal. [from 19th c.] A line, and related senses. (palmistry, usually as two words) A line stretching diagonally across the palm, said to represent mental or intellectual matters. [from 16th c.] (chiefly Canada, US, now rare, as two words) The boundary line of a piece of land, used as a reference in surveying etc. [from 17th c.] (typography, now chiefly historical) A line drawn across the head of a page, for the title, page number, etc.; also more generally, the space at the top of a page in which this information is positioned. [from 18th c.] (chiefly journalism) A heading or title at the top of a page or section of text; especially, a brief line in large letters summarising or drawing attention to the following article or similar in a magazine or newspaper. [from 18th c.] Synonyms: hed, lead (entertainment) The top-billed attraction; a headliner. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (heading): byline, dateline ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: headline ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Glossary of journalism: Article components === Verb === headline (third-person singular simple present headlines, present participle headlining, simple past and past participle headlined) To give a headline to a page or section of a text. (transitive, intransitive, entertainment) To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: headlinen == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English headline. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: head‧line ==== Noun ==== headline m (plural headlines, no diminutive) headline (heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article) Synonym: kop headline (top-billed attraction) Synonym: headliner ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== (1st and 2nd person singular, imperative) Hyphenation: head‧line (subjunctive) Hyphenation: head‧li‧ne ==== Verb ==== headline inflection of headlinen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive