BY-LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does by-line mean? 

• BY-LINE (noun)
  The noun BY-LINE has 2 senses:

1. a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article

2. an auxiliary activity

  Familiarity information: BY-LINE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BY-LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A line giving the name of the writer of a story or article

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

by-line; credit line

Hypernyms ("by-line" is a kind of...):

line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)

Meronyms (parts of "by-line"):

author's name; writer's name (the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An auxiliary activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

avocation; by-line; hobby; pursuit; sideline; spare-time activity

Hypernyms ("by-line" is a kind of...):

interest; pastime; pursuit (a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "by-line"):

spelaeology; speleology (the pastime of exploring caves)