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BY-LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An auxiliary activity
Synonyms:
avocation; by-line; hobby; pursuit; sideline; spare-time activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A line giving the name of the writer of a story or article
Synonyms:
by-line; credit line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
