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Word: Headline
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Middle English (in sense ‘rope used to secure a sail to a yard’): from head + line. The main modern sense dates from the late 18th century
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɛdlʌɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine
Short Definition:heading at top of newspaper article
Examples:- a front-page headline
- the headline read ‘Hostages Freed in Gun Battle’
Word: Headline
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɛdlʌɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
provide with a headline
Short Definition:provide with headline
Examples:- a feature that was headlined ‘Invest in your Future’
Definition:
appear as the star performer at (a concert)
Short Definition:be star performer at concert
Examples:- Nirvana headlined the 1992 Reading Festival
- they are headlining at the Town & Country club
- the headlining act
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