To give a headline to a page or section of a text.
Used in a Sentence
headline
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for headline.
Editorial note
This is an example where the headline on Hacker News is 100x better than the original headline.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
To give a headline to a page or section of a text.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of headline gathered in one view.
(journalism) The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article.
(entertainment) The top-billed attraction.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for headline.
verb
To give a headline to a page or section of a text.
noun
(journalism) The heading or title of a magazine or newspaper article.
noun
(entertainment) The top-billed attraction.
verb
(transitive, intransitive, entertainment) To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction.
Example sentences
This is an example where the headline on Hacker News is 100x better than the original headline.
A somewhat bland article with a great headline will get more views 99% of the time than a great article with a bland headline, in our current ecosystem.
This seems like a thoughtful piece, not clickbait at all; the headline hardly seems inflammatory or sensationalistic to me.
My first thought on reading the headline was: hadn't they better get printing working first?
But there are no reports of New York residents illicitly cracking those buckets open for fun, as claimed in the headline.
Apparently this discovery is actually the first semiconductor white light laser, which is pretty neat - but not what the headline claims.
Plus just in terms of the benchmarks they watch: The headline CPI is currently at a miniscule 0.1%, way below the 2.0% target.
When I read the headline I expected a interesting anecdote from way back when it was invented.
While in the headline there it's not mentioned in the article itself.
I upvoted based on the headline before I even started reading, which I rarely do.
Maybe because South China Sea is more recognizable in a headline?
Am I the only one that thought the link for this headline would go to The Onion, not The Grey Lady?
Quote examples
My first though on reading the headline was "has New York even had fire hydrants for centuries?".
A better headline would be "How I push all my carbon footprint to other people to make myself feel good."
Reality is often complicated and it's not possible to dumb it down into a "1 weird metaphysical argument that will make your brain grow 10 inches"-style clickbait headline.
It's just that I've been at a few outreach events recently, and I talk to people casually a lot, and so many people read "organic" in a headline and think "signs of life" that it's obscene.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use headline in a sentence?
This is an example where the headline on Hacker News is 100x better than the original headline.
What does headline mean?
To give a headline to a page or section of a text.
What part of speech is headline?
headline is commonly used as verb, noun.