dateline

See also: Date Line

English

Etymology

From date +‎ line.

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

Translations

a line at the beginning of a document stating the date and place of origin

• Irish: dátlíne f

See also

• Glossary of journalism: Article components

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
   • 1993, Joel Williamson, William Faulkner and Southern History‎^[1], →ISBN, page 207:

     He datelined the entry: "Oxford Mississippi, 27 January, 1926."

Anagrams

• entailed, leniated, lineated

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dateline.

Noun

dateline m (plural datelines, diminutive datelinetje n)

1. (journalism) dateline.