dateline

noun

Etymology

From date + line.

  1. derived from linea
  2. derived from ligne
  3. derived from *līno-
  4. inherited from *līną
  5. inherited from *līnǭ
  6. inherited from *līnā
  7. inherited from līne
  8. inherited from line
  9. formed as dateline — “date + line

Definitions

  1. A line at the beginning of a document (such as a newspaper article) stating the place of…

    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.

    • Other bits of furniture include the dateline, which says where a journalist is reporting from – historically with the date of dispatch, eg “Buenos Aires, 1 March.”
  2. To attach a dateline to a particular document.

    • He datelined the entry: "Oxford Mississippi, 27 January, 1926."
  3. Misspelling of deadline.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dateline. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA