heading
something that serves as a head, top, or front.
a title or caption of a page, chapter, etc.
a section of the subject of a discourse; a main division of a topic or theme.
the compass direction toward which a traveler or vehicle is or should be moving; course.
an active underground mining excavation in the earth, as a drift or raise being or about to be driven.
Aeronautics. the angle between the axis from front to rear of an aircraft and some reference line, as magnetic north.
Origin of heading
1Other words from heading
- non·head·ing, noun
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How to use heading in a sentence
“Victory at Olustee,” as title headings in history books call it, was conjured up a generation after the Civil War ended.
Their book is written under alternating headings, “Leiber” and “Stoller,” and is as quippy and comical as their lyrics ever were.
Each tern is occupied with a distinct subject, which I indicate by headings, viz.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerIn the following outline the same main headings are retained, and the sub-topics which explain them are introduced.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThe history and constitutional development of this portion of the empire will be found fully treated under separate headings.
Floral, geometrical, and conventionalized designs are discussed under the headings “Samar mats” and “Special designs.”
Philippine Mats | Hugo H. MillerMany fanciful headings are given to the chapters on these subjects.
Art in England | Dutton Cook
British Dictionary definitions for heading
/ (ˈhɛdɪŋ) /
a title for a page, paragraph, chapter, etc
a main division, as of a lecture, speech, essay, etc
mining
a horizontal tunnel
the end of such a tunnel
the angle between the direction of an aircraft and a specified meridian, often due north
the compass direction parallel to the keel of a vessel
the act of heading
anything that serves as a head
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