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headquarters

//ˌhɛdˈk(w)ɔː.təz//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for headquarters

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Forms

Plural
headquarters

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.

  2. 2.The center of an organization's operations or administration.

    • As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
    • The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that KFC’s corporate headquarters is leaving Kentucky for Texas, joining sister brand Pizza Hut’s offices in the Dallas suburb of Plano.
  3. 3.A place of concentrated activity or influence.

    • The head-quarters of the rebellion in the East were at a little town called Hui-lung.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.third-person singular simple present indicative of headquarter

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3421

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Uncommon
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Germanic *haubudą

Old English hēafod

Middle English heed

English head

English quarters

English headquarters

From head + quarters.

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