heading

heading
noun Date: 1676 1. a. something that forms or serves as a head; especially an inscription, headline, or title standing at the top or beginning (as of a letter or chapter) b. the address and date at the beginning of a letter showing its place and time of origin 2. the compass direction in which the longitudinal axis of a ship or aircraft points; broadly direction 3. drift 6

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Heading — Head ing, n. 1. The act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head. [1913 Webster] 2. That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper. [1913 Webster] 3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • heading — UK US /ˈhedɪŋ/ noun [C] ► a title printed at the top of a page or section of a document: »Every day the Daily Telegraph lists eligible unit trusts under the heading Authorised unit trust prices . ► the subject of something being discussed,… …   Financial and business terms

  • heading — s.n. (Sport) Lovitură dată cu capul la fotbal; joc efectuat cu capul la fotbal. [pron. hí din. / < engl. heading]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 20.04.2005. Sursa: DN  HEADING HÍ DING/ s. n. lovitură cu capul (la fotbal). (< engl. heading)… …   Dicționar Român

  • heading — heading, headed In BrE the expression meaning ‘to be going in a particular direction’ is to be heading for (in physical and figurative contexts, e.g. heading for trouble). In AmE to be headed for is also common and this form is beginning to… …   Modern English usage

  • heading — I noun banner, caption, head, headline, label, proper title, section, superscription, title, topic II index caption, chapter (division), denomination, direction ( …   Law dictionary

  • heading — [n1] title caption, description, descriptor, headline, label, legend, lemma, rubric; concept 283 heading [n2] course aim, angle, bearing, compass reading, direction, line, point, point of compass, route, track, trajectory, way; concepts 501,514 …   New thesaurus

  • Heading — Heading. См. Высадка. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • Heading —   [engl.], Kopfzeile …   Universal-Lexikon

  • heading — (n.) c.1300, a beheading, from prp. of HEAD (Cf. head) (v.). Meaning advancing in a certain direction is from c.1600. Meaning title at the head of a portion of text is from 1849 …   Etymology dictionary

  • heading — ► NOUN 1) a title at the head of a page or section of a book. 2) a direction or bearing. 3) the top of a curtain extending above the hooks or wire by which it is suspended. 4) a horizontal passage made in preparation for building a tunnel …   English terms dictionary

  • heading — [hed′iŋ] n. 1. something forming or used to form the head, top, edge, or front; specif., an inscription at the top of a paragraph, chapter, page, section, etc., giving the title or topic 2. a division of a subject; topic or category 3. the… …   English World dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”