1. an imaginary line on the surface of the earth following (approximately) the 180th meridian • Syn: date line, International Date Line • Instance Hypernyms: meridian, line of longitude 2. a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch • Hypernyms: line • Part Holonyms: dispatch, despatch, communique
II - verb
mark with a date and place - dateline a newspaper article • Syn: datemark, date-mark • Hypernyms: date • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something