Past tense of headline
regular verb
The past tense of headline is headlined. The past participle is also headlined.
Forms of headline
| Base form (V1) | headline /ˈhɛd.laɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | headlined |
| Past participle (V3) | headlined |
| Present participle | headlining |
| Third person singular | headlines |
Headlined in a sentence
- What advertising it did have focused on Efron, who has never headlined a nonromance that opened to more than $10 million.2015 September 3, Kevin Lincoln, “How ’’We Are Your Friends’’ and Other August Flops Were Maimed by Bad Marketing”, in Slate, New York…. From the entry nonromance
Meaning of headline
- noun Any of various type of rope used to attach a sail to a yard.
- noun A rope or chain used to attach the bow of a vessel to the shore or to another vessel.
- noun A rope tied to the head of an animal.
Questions about the past tense of headline
- What is the past tense of headline?
- The past tense of headline is headlined.
- What is the past participle of headline?
- The past participle of headline is headlined.
- Is headline a regular or irregular verb?
- Headline is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: headline (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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