by-line

Questions about by-line

What does by-line mean?

by-line means "a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in by-line?

by-line has 2 syllables and divides as by--line under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for by-line?

Close synonyms include credit line, avocation, hobby, pursuit, sideline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is by-line a common word?

by-line is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.