headline
/ˈhɛd.laɪn/ verb C2- To give a headline to a page or section of a text.
- To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction.
He/she/it headlines · Past headlined · Past participle headlined · -ing form headlining
Verb forms
- Base form
- headline
- He/she/it
- headlines
- Past
- headlined
- Past participle
- headlined
- -ing form
- headlining
From the library
One British newspaper is said to have greeted the news with a headline describing her as an Oxford housewife, which tells us rather more about the newspaper than about her.
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