front-page news
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2.7
- noun
- /frʌnt peɪdʒ nuz/
- Literature
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noticia de primera plana
- These photos will be front-page news.
- become front-page news
- makes front-page news
And it was front page news because she'd gone gone bicycling in trousers.
- And it was front page news because she'd gone gone bicycling in trousers.
- I mean, there was a, a very, very minor celebrity who have married his boyfriend and it was front page news on the BBC website.
- It was a front page news story because the first time a city worker was indicted for not doing their job.
- Yesterday's breakthroughs in the world of stable diffuse would be every single day of the last couple months front page news in the newspapers.
Examples
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Only a few months ago, it was front-page news.
Blog text (13) -
This case is front-page news now, where will it be in two months?
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This is front page news.
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And so that ad was front page news all across the country.
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It was front page news.
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Certainly, this isn't front page news, but perhaps it should be.
Blog text (28) -
National health care reform has been making front-page news since I began writing this column in 1991.
Academic text (1993) -
When 403,000 residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, became ill in 1993 from an unknown cause, the epidemic was front-page news nationwide.
Academic text (1996) -
In Mississippi, Republican Governor Kirk Fordice's personal life became front-page news with the revelation of his involvement with a high school sweetheart who was not his wife.
Academic text (2000) -
The politician's scandal quickly became front-page news across all major newspapers.
Synonyms
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4.6
The main story in a news report or newspaper
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3.0
The most important news story in a newspaper, on TV, or online
Antonyms
How Prominent
- Literature
15
2.7
- Literature
3
3.8
- Literature
542
1.1
- Literature
12
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
front-page + news
The meaning 'news important enough to appear on the front page' is directly and transparently built from the constituents: 'front'+'page' denotes the prominent first page of a newspaper and 'news' denotes reported information, so the combined phrase signals prominently featured news. This compounding pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so an average B1 learner who knows the component words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Front-page news comes from newspapers: the most important or exciting stories are printed on the newspaper's front page so everyone sees the news. That's why front-page news means a story that is 'important' or will get a lot of attention.