DATELINE


Meaning of DATELINE in English

I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: date (II) + line

1. : a line in a written document or a printed publication presenting the date of composition or issue: as

a. : the line at the beginning of a nonlocal news story giving its date and place of origin

b. : a line or space in a publication giving the date of issue, the volume number, and the issue number

2. usually date line : a hypothetical line on the earth's surface coinciding with the 180th meridian except where it is deflected between north latitudes 48° and 75° and between south latitudes 15° and 51° to avoid dividing places in close intercourse and designated arbitrarily as the place where each calendar day first begins

3. : deadline 3

II. transitive verb

: to provide with a dateline

a dispatch datelined Chicago

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.