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headlined

headlined is the simple past and past participle of headline.

Meaning of headline

Verb

headline (third-person singular simple present headlines, present participle headlining, simple past and past participle headlined)

  1. To give a headline to a page or section of a text.
    • Once again I take typewriter in hand to express my opinion on two very different issues. Good luck in deciding what to headline this letter.1974 February 2, Charles Bonnell, “Typewriter In Hand”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 4
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To present as the main attraction; to have top billing, to be the main attraction.

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Questions about headlined

What is headlined the simple past and past participle of?
Headlined is the simple past and past participle of headline.

Words near headlined in the dictionary

  1. headline inflations
  2. headline style
  3. headline-ese
  4. headline-grabber
  5. headline-grabbers
  6. headlined
  7. headliner
  8. headliners
  9. headlines
  10. headlinese
  11. headliney

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headlined (page history and authors); headline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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