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- [hed-set]
- /ˈhɛdˌsɛt/
- /ˈhed.set/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hed-set]
- /ˈhɛdˌsɛt/
Definitions of headset word
- noun headset Radio, Telephony. a device consisting of one or two earphones with a headband for holding them over the ears and sometimes with a mouthpiece attached. 1
- noun headset earphones or headphones. 1
- noun headset A set of headphones, typically with a microphone attached, used especially in telephone and radio communication. 1
- noun headset apparatus with earpiece 1
- countable noun headset A headset is a small pair of headphones that you can use for listening to a radio or recorded music, or for using a telephone. 0
- countable noun headset A headset is a piece of equipment that you wear on your head so you can see computer images or images from a camera in front of your eyes. 0
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Origin of headset
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25; head + set
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Headset
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
headset popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% 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".
headset usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for headset
noun headset
- demeanor — Your demeanor is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
- perspective — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- point of view — a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
- mood — Grammar. a set of categories for which the verb is inflected in many languages, and that is typically used to indicate the syntactic relation of the clause in which the verb occurs to other clauses in the sentence, or the attitude of the speaker toward what he or she is saying, as certainty or uncertainty, wish or command, emphasis or hesitancy. a set of syntactic devices in some languages that is similar to this set in function or meaning, involving the use of auxiliary words, as can, may, might. any of the categories of these sets: the Latin indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
verb headset
- warp — OS/2
- prepossess — to possess or dominate mentally beforehand, as a prejudice does.
Antonyms for headset
noun headset
- fairness — the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness: I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.
- disbelief — the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- past — gone by or elapsed in time: It was a bad time, but it's all past now.
verb headset
- straighten — make straight
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