Frank Sinatra headlined at the Sands Hotel for three consecutive seasons.The ordinary reader is impressed by the tone and manner of publication, and the words chosen to headline a story.

→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpus headline 2 TCN to give a headline to an article or story Grammar Headline is usually passive in this meaning. Related topics: Performing, Newspapers, printing, publishing headline headline 2 verb 1 AP to appear as the main performer or band in a show Beyoncé is headlining at the festival this year. Charlotte could almost suspect the headline had already been selected, the outcome already determined.

Changes in the alcohol section stole the headlines.

The Grandstand presenter-turned-guru was hardly out of the headlines two years ago.

In recent weeks and months, the headlines have painted a picture of an industry in crisis.

The problems-from bad backs to carpal tunnel syndrome to headaches-have made the headlines of every health magazine in the country.

A supermarket tabloid newspaper had the headline ' Space Aliens Meet with the President.'.

Mr Murdoch had been dominating the headlines again.

First, and best known, is GoScript while more recently Freedom of the Press has also been making a few headlines.

headline + NOUN headline news The protests made headline news. the headlines read/say (=the headlines say something ) The next morning’s headlines read: ‘Moors Search for Missing Boys’. read a headline I just read the main headlines. have/carry a headline The Times carried the headline ‘7.4 Earthquake hits Los Angeles.’ run a headline (=use a headline ) One tabloid paper ran the headline: ‘Disney Theme Park Found On Mars’. dominate the headlines (=to be the story that is most often reported in newspapers ) News from Iraq continued to dominate the headlines. hit the headlines (=make the headlines ) Crane hit the headlines after she was arrested for the murder of her husband. verbs make/grab (the) headlines (=to be reported in many newspapers as an important story ) Madonna's adoption of the child grabbed world headlines. phrases be in the headlines (=to be reported in many newspapers as an important story ) The singer was back in the headlines for partying every night. a tabloid headline (=a headline in a newspaper that has a lot of stories about famous people, sex etc ) One tabloid headline read 'Doctor of Death'. a newspaper headline The story dominated newspaper headlines around the world. national/international headlines The story made national headlines. a banner headline (=a very large headline across the top of the page ) Le Monde ran its famous banner headline ' We are all Americans now'. a big headline (=a headline that a lot of people are interested in ) Celebrity divorces have made big headlines.

○ noun 1 TCN the title of a newspaper report, which is printed in large letters above the report a paper carrying the front-page headline: ‘Space Aliens meet with President’ 2 → the headlines 3 → make/grab (the) headlines COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 3 ADJECTIVES/NOUN + headline a front-page headline The newspaper's front-page headline read simply 'Prime Minister resigns'.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing headline head‧line 1 / ˈhedlaɪn /

Headline meaning