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heading

[hed-ing]

noun

  1. something that serves as a head, heads, top, or front.

  2. a title or caption of a page, chapter, etc.

  3. a section of the subject of a discourse; a main division of a topic or theme.

  4. the compass direction toward which a traveler or vehicle is or should be moving; course.

  5. an active underground mining excavation in the earth, as a drift or raise being or about to be driven.

  6. Aeronautics.the angle between the axis from front to rear of an aircraft and some reference line, as magnetic north.



heading

/ ˈɛɪŋ /

noun

  1. a title for a page, paragraph, chapter, etc

  2. a main division, as of a lecture, speech, essay, etc

  3. mining

    1. a horizontal tunnel

    2. the end of such a tunnel

  4. the angle between the direction of an aircraft and a specified meridian, often due north

  5. the compass direction parallel to the keel of a vessel

  6. the act of heading

  7. anything that serves as a head

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonheading noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of heading1

First recorded in 1250–1300, heading is from the Middle English word hefding. See head, -ing 1
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Eyewitnesses recently reported Israeli forces firing on crowds heading to an aid site.

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Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau is heading home though after a round that included eight bogeys and a double bogey left him 10 over.

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The brothers, who just minutes before had been heading to play cricket, began removing cooking gas cylinders to avoid any further explosions, Krish, 20, explained.

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Metal music fans heading to the mosh pits of Download festival this weekend are being urged to put their wearable technology into airplane mode to avoid making accidental 999 calls.

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He admitted he was teasing before acknowledging the Bruins’ circumstances heading into their Men’s College World Series opener against Murray State on Saturday at 11 a.m.

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