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HEADQUARTERS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
Example:
the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents
Synonyms:
headquarters; HQ; military headquarters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("headquarters" is a kind of...):
military installation (any facility servicing military forces)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headquarters"):
command post; general headquarters; GHQ (military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces)
guardhouse (a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
Example:
many companies have their headquarters in New York
Synonyms:
central office; headquarters; home base; home office; main office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("headquarters" is a kind of...):
business office; office (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headquarters"):
mukataa (an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("headquarters" is a kind of...):
force; military force; military group; military unit (a unit that is part of some military service)
Meronyms (parts of "headquarters"):
headquarters staff (military staff stationed at headquarters)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headquarters"):
ACLANT; Allied Command Atlantic (a major strategic headquarters of NATO located in the United States; is under the authority of the North Atlantic Council)
ACE; Allied Command Europe (a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb headquarter
Context examples:
The household at the Abbey Grange were much surprised at our return, but Sherlock Holmes, finding that Stanley Hopkins had gone off to report to headquarters, took possession of the dining-room, locked the door upon the inside, and devoted himself for two hours to one of those minute and laborious investigations which form the solid basis on which his brilliant edifices of deduction were reared.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was no very unusual thing for Mr. Lestrade, of Scotland Yard, to look in upon us of an evening, and his visits were welcome to Sherlock Holmes, for they enabled him to keep in touch with all that was going on at the police headquarters.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
