Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The offices of a commander, as of a military unit, from which orders are issued.
- n. A center of operations or administration: The company has its headquarters in the suburbs. See Synonyms at center.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- The quarters or place of residence, permanent or temporary, of the commander-in-chief of an army.
- The residence of any military chief, or the place from which his orders are issued.
- Hence The place where one chiefly resides or carries on business.
Wiktionary
- n. The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
- n. The center of an organization's operations or administration.
- n. A place of concentrated activity or influence.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order.
- n. The main office from which an organization such as a commercial enterprise is managed; -- usually where the chief executive officer works.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff
- n. the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
- n. (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
Examples
“The label headquarters in Nashville doubles as a combination record store/performance venue,...”
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“The label headquarters in Nashville doubles as a combination record store/performance venue, and serves as ground zero for Mr. White's various insane projects including but not limited to: Mechanical Monkeys that play unreleased music, inventing new types of vinyl, and shenanigans with one Conan O'Brien.”
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“The main headquarters is based in the United Kingdom.”
“If you'd like a Bush Must Go sign, their headquarters is at 115 The Commons, Ithaca, above Autumn Leaves bookstore.”
“With a tilt of her chin at its dulness, a wave of her hand at its narrowness, and eyes closed to its happy content, she had gone back to London and reopened the house which had become known for her sharp wit, her freedom of speech, and her disregard of persons who had for commendation but inherited position; and there for years had what she called headquarters, but never thought of or spoke of as home.”
“We had a number of suspects in the basement, and some detectives were going to start to process these people, so we needed some time and I called headquarters and asked Codd to send two busloads of recruits.”
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“UK newspaper owner spared arrest – for now – after his bank's Moscow headquarters is stormed by armed officers”
The Guardian: Alexander Lebedev's office raided by masked police
“His campaign headquarters is his parents 'home, where he apparently lives.”
The Huffington Post: Mike Madigan's 'Republican' Opponent: State GOP Holds Fundraiser For P.J. Ryan
“The MERS headquarters is tucked amid chain restaurants and retail stores near Dulles International Airport.”
The Washington Post: Reston-based company MERS in the middle of foreclosure chaos
“On Monday, HuffPost called the main headquarters number listed on McClung's website and reached volunteer activist Beth Schmugge at her home.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘headquarters’.
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SEDE - armies and units
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Pluralia Tantum
Nouns that are common in plural form but are non-existent or rarely used in singular form.
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
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tomax's Words
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Compounds That Look Freakish
You know who you are, freakish compounds. Though very useful, some of these words just don't seem right together--or, their meanings are so far from what the two (or more) component words suggest t...
nightjar, bullfinch, grassquit, bananaquit, ovenbird, waxwing, stonechat, wheatear, bushtit, wrentit, starthroat, godwit and 158 more...
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kewpid's Words
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European World Systems
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What Keeps Your Ears Apart?
A sort of stuffie of words/phrases that include "head"
head of cattle, out of one's head, head of the stairs, come to a head, head of steam, head of the page, win by a head, head taller, headway, fountainhead, heads or tails, hit the nail on t... and 143 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 145
abandon, headquarters, lambada, association, catch on, sort, primal, deep-seated, sticky, rightful, technically, close and 55 more...
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1. razred: Unit 1
approximately, capital, apartment, storey, block, a.m., p.m., windscreen, mile, dressmaker, immediately, country and 27 more...
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