The news headline
Example: News headline highlights main point of story
Definition
"The news headline" refers to the main title or heading of a news article, designed to grab attention and summarize the most important point of the story in a concise and engaging way, often appearing at the top of the article.
Etymology
The phrase "the news headline" combines "news," from the Old English 'new' meaning recent information, and "headline," derived from the practice of printing a line of large type above a newspaper article to catch readers' attention. Did you know? The word 'headline' originally described the line of text standing above the body of an article to highlight its content.
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"The news headline" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - Journalism - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 110 commonly used words.
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