What does "dateline" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "dateline"?

Common synonyms include: antedate, date, date line, date mark, date-mark, datemark.

Dateline

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
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
Misspelling of deadline. alt-of, misspelling
3
a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch wordnet

Verb

1
To attach a dateline to a particular document.
"He datelined the entry: "Oxford Mississippi, 27 January, 1926.""
2
mark with a date and place wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

antedate date date line date mark date-mark datemark

Example

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"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.”"

Etymology

From date + line.

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