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headlines

headlines is the plural of headline.

Meaning of headline

Noun

headline (plural headlines)

  1. (obsolete) Any of various type of rope used to attach a sail to a yard.
  2. A rope or chain used to attach the bow of a vessel to the shore or to another vessel.
  3. A rope tied to the head of an animal.
  4. (usually, palmistry) A line stretching diagonally across the palm, said to represent mental or intellectual matters.
  5. (Canada, US, archaic) The boundary line of a piece of land, used as a reference in surveying etc.
  6. (historical) A line drawn across the head of a page, for the title, page number, etc.; also more generally, the space at the top of a page in which this information is positioned.
    • He held out his copybook. The word Sums was written on the headline.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 2: Nestor]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 26

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Phrases with headlines

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Questions about headlines

What is headlines the plural of?
Headlines is the plural of headline.

Words near headlines in the dictionary

  1. headline-grabber
  2. headline-grabbers
  3. headlined
  4. headliner
  5. headliners
  6. headlines
  7. headlinese
  8. headliney
  9. headling
  10. headlings
  11. headlinier

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