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to headline

to headline

9 2.8
To put a title at the top of a news article
  • verb
  • /ˈhɛdˌlaɪn/
  • Literature
translation icon : titular
  • Science ran a news story on the study, headlined "Privatization Prevents Collapse of Fish Stocks, Global Analysis Shows."
  • headlined article
  • headlined the story

Examples

  • And there is this story from the NYT, ominously headlined: "Deadliest Bomb in Iraq.

    Blog text (25)
  • A front page article of the 18 November 1998 Education Week, headlined "NAEP Paints Poor Picture of Arts,"

    Academic text (1999)
  • United Press International headlined the story: "Archbishop Attacked by Pro-abortionist."

    Academic text (2000)
  • For example, in mid-September 1994, newspapers around the country once again headlined global warming.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Big news from the NFL, which has announced that this year's Super Bowl halftime show will be headlined by Rihanna.

  • The page of the newspaper being presented to the camera bears a story headlined: Gangster slain.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "Summit Parley Overshadowed by Rights Issue," a front-page story in the New York Times was headlined.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Alex Pareene from Salon joined the pile-on Monday in a piece headlined "Andrew Cuomo, Fake Democrat."

    Blog text (18)
  • The breaking story was headlined: FATAL ATTRACTION MURDER AT CLINTON COLLEGE.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The article was headlined "New Discoveries in Space Exploration."

Compounds

newspaper headline
  • Literature
6 2.0

The title at the top of a newspaper article in large print

running headline
  • Specialized
1 6.5

A heading at the top of each page that shows the title or section

8.2

A news title made to get attention using popular topics

How Prominent

to spotlight
13 4.0
to headline
  • Literature
9 2.8
to title
172 1.3

Surface Forms

headline infinitive
headlined past
headlined past participle
headlining present participle
headlines third person singular

Etymology

Headline as a verb comes from the noun and the parts head and line; head means 'top' and line means 'a line of text', so to headline a story is to give it the title that sits at the top of the page.