"dateline" meaning in English

See dateline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: datelines [plural]
Etymology: From date + line. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|date|line}} 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. Categories (topical): Mass media Related terms (Glossary of journalism): Article components Translations (a 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): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 5 12 Topics: journalism, media Disambiguation of 'Glossary of journalism': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'a line at the beginning of a document stating the date and place of origin': 97 3
  2. 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
Related terms: byline, headline

Verb

Forms: datelines [present, singular, third-person], datelining [participle, present], datelined [participle, past], datelined [past]
Etymology: From date + line. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|date|line}} 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
    Sense id: en-dateline-en-verb-gWEkeV98

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dateline meaning in English (3.5kB)

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