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running headline

running headline

1 6.5
A heading at the top of each page that shows the title or section
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : encabezado
  • Each chapter begins with a new running headline that summarizes its content.

Examples

  • Despite all of this progress, newspapers routinely ran headlines like this: "Majority of school districts choose abstinence-only curriculum."

    Blog text (29)

  • Every supermarket tabloid in the country is running headlines about Andy Barclay and his killer Good Guy doll.

    Child's Play 2 (1990)

  • The running headline at the top of each page reminded readers of the book's main theme.

  • The editor decided to change the running headline to better reflect the article's focus.

Synonyms

headline
vsrunning headline
  • Literature
542 1.1

The title at the top of a newspaper article that tells the main point

is used across book pages to indicate title or section regularly
heading
vsrunning headline
28 1.3

A short title at the top of a page that shows what follows

is printed on every page or every other page not just any page top
running head
vsrunning headline
  • Specialized
7.2

A heading printed at the top of each page showing the title or chapter

is the same practice but refers to title or section instead
running title
vsrunning headline
  • Jargon
7.1

A short title appears at the top of each page to show the chapter or section

is similar but usually indicates title or section rather than full name

Surface Forms

running headline singular
running headlines plural

Morphology

running + headline

The meaning 'a heading printed at the top of each page' is directly compositional: 'running' conveys 'continuous/recurring' and 'headline' is a printed title, so together they denote a headline that runs across pages. This follows regular modifier+noun composition and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the meaning (assuming they recognize the 'continuous' sense of 'running').

Etymology

Running headline comes from old books and newspapers. Printers put a short headline that ran along the top of every page to show the 'title' or 'section', so running headline now means a heading printed on each page.