- headline
- noun1 title of an article in a newspaperADJECTIVE▪ newspaper, tabloid▪
‘Carnage at Airport!’ screamed the tabloid headline.
▪ banner, front-page▪ lurid (esp. BrE), screaming, sensational▪lurid headlines about the sex lives of the stars
▪ sporting (BrE), sportsVERB + HEADLINE▪ carry, have, run▪The paper carried the front-page headline ‘Drugs Company Shamed’.
▪ read, scan, see▪I just had time to scan the headlines before leaving for work.
▪ be in, capture, dominate, generate, get, grab, hit, hog (esp. BrE), make headlines▪She's always in the headlines.
▪He always manages to grab the headlines.
▪The hospital hit the headlines when a number of suspicious deaths occurred.
▪The story has been hogging the headlines for weeks.
▪The story was important enough to make the headlines.
▪ write▪Journalists don't usually write the headlines for their stories.
HEADLINE + VERB▪ announce sth, blare sth (esp. AmE), declare sth, proclaim sth, read sth, say sth, scream sth▪The headline said ‘Star Arrested’.
HEADLINE + NOUN▪ news▪‘Dog bites man’ is hardly headline news!
PREPOSITION▪ in a/the headline▪The most unusual fact in the story is often used in the headline.
▪ under a/the headline▪The Daily Gazette ran a story under the headline ‘Pope's Last Words’.
▪ with a/the headline▪a story in the newspaper with the headline ‘Woman Gives Birth on Train’
▪ headline about▪There was a banner headline about drugs in schools.
PHRASES▪ make headline news▪The engagement of the two tennis stars made headline news.
2 the headlines main news stories on TV/radioADJECTIVE▪ news▪ nationalVERB + THE HEADLINES▪ hear▪Let's just hear the news headlines.
▪ look at, see, watch
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
