"dateline" meaning in English

See dateline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdeɪtlaɪn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: datelines [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪtlaɪn Etymology: From date + line. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|date|line|text=+|tree=1}} From date + line. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dateline (plural datelines)
  1. (journalism) A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the place of origin and typically the date, and often written in capital letters. Related terms: byline, headline Related terms (Glossary of journalism): Article components Translations (line at the beginning of a document stating the date and place of origin): dátlíne [feminine] (Irish), procedência [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-dateline-en-noun-mUjiHaCI Categories (other): Mass media, English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with multiple etymons missing IDs, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric compounds, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with multiple etymons missing IDs: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 7 12 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 55 34 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 73 14 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 80 20 Topics: journalism, media
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} dateline
  1. Misspelling of deadline. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: deadline
    Sense id: en-dateline-en-noun-TE4LSI2Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈdeɪtlaɪn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: datelines [present, singular, third-person], datelining [participle, present], datelined [participle, past], datelined [past]
Rhymes: -eɪtlaɪn Etymology: From date + line. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|date|line|text=+|tree=1}} From date + line. Head templates: {{en-verb}} dateline (third-person singular simple present datelines, present participle datelining, simple past and past participle datelined)
  1. To attach a dateline to a particular document. Derived forms: dateliner
    Sense id: en-dateline-en-verb--5UbLwjK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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