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HQ

noun HQs · h.q.

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of headquarters HQ to all personnel. The suspect has been sighted downtown.

adjective h.q.

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of high-quality

    Opposite: LQ

proper noun h.q.

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of HAVE QUICK, a frequency-hopping radio system.

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Closest in meaning: headquarters, military headquarters, aide, armory, atlanta, base, cia, geneva, gpo, lair, nasa, office, powys, sss, utah, aa

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noun Headquarters

PortuguêsQG
FrançaisQG (for "quartier général")

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@misc{hq_2026,
  title = {HQ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hq},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}