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heading

head·ing
H h

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hed-ing]
    • /ˈhɛd ɪŋ/
    • /ˈhed.ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hed-ing]
    • /ˈhɛd ɪŋ/

Definitions of heading word

  • noun heading the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 1
  • noun heading the corresponding part of the body in other animals. 1
  • noun heading the head considered as the center of the intellect, as of thought, memory, understanding, or emotional control; mind; brain: She has a good head for mathematics. Keep a cool head in an emergency. 1
  • noun heading the position or place of leadership, greatest authority, or honor. 1
  • noun heading a person to whom others are subordinate, as the director of an institution or the manager of a department; leader or chief. 1
  • noun heading a person considered with reference to his or her mind, disposition, attributes, status, etc.: wise heads; crowned heads. 1

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Origin of heading

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
First recorded in 1250-1300, heading is from the Middle English word hefding. See head, -ing1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Heading

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

heading popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

heading usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for heading

noun heading

  • description — You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
  • headline — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
  • label — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
  • caption — A caption is the words printed underneath a picture or cartoon which explain what it is about.
  • rubric — a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.

adjective heading

  • ongoing — continuing without termination or interruption: ongoing research projects.
  • in progress — a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree.
  • entrained — Simple past tense and past participle of entrain.
  • bound for — going or intending to go; on the way to; destined (usually followed by for): The train is bound for Denver.
  • destined — If something is destined to happen or if someone is destined to behave in a particular way, that thing seems certain to happen or be done.

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