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Definition of headline noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

headline

noun
 
/ˈhedlaɪn/
 
/ˈhedlaɪn/
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  1. [countable] the title of a news article printed in large letters, especially at the top of the front page on a newspaper or the home page on a news website
    • a newspaper headline
    • under a headline They ran the story under the headline ‘Home at last!’.
    • in the headlines The scandal was in the headlines for several days.
    • headline about somebody/something an alarming headline about possible terrorist attacks
    see also banner headline
    Extra Examples
    • I just had time to scan the headlines before leaving for work.
    • Journalists don't usually write the headlines for their stories.
    • The Guardian carried the headline ‘Drugs Firms Shamed’.
    Topics TV, radio and newsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • newspaper
    • tabloid
    • banner
    verb + headline
    • carry
    • have
    • run
    headline + verb
    • announce something
    • blare something
    • declare something
    headline + noun
    • news
    preposition
    • in a/​the headline
    • under a/​the headline
    • with a/​the headline
    phrases
    • make headline news
    See full entry
  2. the headlines
    [plural] a short summary of the most important items of news, read at the beginning of a news programme on the radio or television
    • Do you mind if I listen to the headlines before we leave?
    • Let's just hear the news headlines.
    Topics TV, radio and newsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • news
    • national
    verb + the headlines
    • hear
    • look at
    • see
    See full entry
Idioms
grab/hit/make the headlines
  1. to be an important item of news in the media
    • He always manages to grab the headlines.
    Extra Examples
    • The hospital hit the headlines when a number of suspicious deaths occurred.
    • The story was important enough to make the headlines.
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