headline

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the heading or caption of a newspaper article
  2. verb publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline
  3. verb provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline

Etymology

From head + line.

In classic literature

Synonyms

newspaper headline

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