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heading

  • /ˈhɛdɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛdɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of head

noun headings

  1. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof. put the information under the "Advantages" heading
  2. The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
  3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
  4. A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. http://undergroundcoal.com.au/fundamentals/01_process.aspx Once access has been gained into the coal seam, workings are developed by mining a series of roadways (or headings). These roadways are tunnels largely, if not totally, within the seam, usually rectangular in shape though on occasions they m

    Similar: roadway

  5. The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
  6. The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
  7. A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gallery, bearing, aim, drift, subheading, caption, headline, subtitle, headlines, chapter, letterhead, row, header, rubric, initials, subparagraph

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noun title

Españolacápite, encabezamiento, membrete
한국어표제 pyoje, 제목 jemok
日本語見出し midashi, 題目 daimoku, 表題 hyōdai
中文標題 /标题 biāotí, 題目 /题目 tímù
हिन्दीशीर्षक śīrṣak
Portuguêscabeçalho, manchete
Françaistitre
DeutschÜberschrift
Italianotitolo
Ελληνικάεπικεφαλίδα epikefalída, τίτλος títlos
Românătitlu
Русскийзаголо́вок zagolóvok, загла́вие zaglávije, ру́брика rúbrika, на́дпись nádpisʹ
العربيةعُنْوَان ʕunwān

noun direction

Portuguêsproa
Françaisorientation, cap
DeutschKurs
Ελληνικάπορεία poreía
Русскийкурс kurs, направле́ние napravlénije
עבריתכִּוּוּן kivún, מַסְלוּל maslúl

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@misc{heading_2026,
  title = {heading},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heading},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}