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DATELINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dateline" is a kind of...):
line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)
Holonyms ("dateline" is a part of...):
communique; despatch; dispatch (an official report (usually sent in haste))
Derivation:
dateline (mark with a date and place)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian
Synonyms:
date line; dateline; International Date Line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
line of longitude; meridian (an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mark with a date and place
Example:
dateline a newspaper article
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "dateline" is one way to...):
date (provide with a dateline; mark with a date)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
dateline (a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch)
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