headline
verb/ˈhedlaɪn/
/ˈhedlaɪn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they headline | /ˈhedlaɪn/ /ˈhedlaɪn/ |
| he / she / it headlines | /ˈhedlaɪnz/ /ˈhedlaɪnz/ |
| past simple headlined | /ˈhedlaɪnd/ /ˈhedlaɪnd/ |
| past participle headlined | /ˈhedlaɪnd/ /ˈhedlaɪnd/ |
| -ing form headlining | /ˈhedlaɪnɪŋ/ /ˈhedlaɪnɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, usually passive] to give a story or article a particular headline
- be headlined… The story was headlined ‘Back to the future’.
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- [transitive, intransitive] headline (something) to be the main performer in a concert or show
- The concert is to be headlined by Ed Sheeran.
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