headline
noun /ˈhedlaɪn/
/ˈhedlaɪn/
Idioms - [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
- The engagement of the two tennis stars made headline news.
Wordfinder- article
- columnist
- editorial
- feature
- headline
- journalist
- newspaper
- obituary
- review
- supplement
Extra Examples- ‘Dog bites man’ is hardly headline news!
- 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 front-page headline ‘Drugs Firms Shamed’.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- newspaper
- tabloid
- banner
- …
- carry
- have
- run
- …
- announce something
- blare something
- declare something
- …
- news
- in a/the headline
- under a/the headline
- with a/the headline
- …
- make headline news
- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- news
- national
- hear
- look at
- see
- …
Idioms
grab/hit/make the headlines
- to be an important item of news in the mediaExtra Examples
- He always manages to grab the headlines.
- The hospital hit the headlines when a number of suspicious deaths occurred.
- The story was important enough to make the headlines.