standfirst
noun[C]
mediaUKspecializeduk/ˈstænd.fɜːst/us/ˈstænd.fɝːst/ashortpieceoftextin anewspaperarticlebelow theheadline(=title)that gives the mostimportantfactsandideasthat arecontainedin thearticlethatfollows:
Then there was a standfirst: "Hungry,frightenedandhelpless, women andchildrenarecrossingtheborderintheirthousands".
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- Yourstandfirstdescribeshim as a "modern-dayfolkhero".
- Asubwrotetheheadlineand standfirst for thepiece, and alsocutit tosizeandrewroteit forstyle.
- In thearticle"Fromtabloideditortokennelworker" (News Review,Aug28) the standfirststatesthat Wendy Henry was "the first womaneditorof a Britishnationalnewspaper".
Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
- advertorial
- advice column
- advice columnist
- agony column
- agony uncle
- comic strip
- cover story
- dateline
- double-page
- double-page spread
- editorial
- leader
- masthead
- obituary
- op-ed
- personal column
- press cutting
- problem page
- splash
- spread
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