headquarters
/ˌhɛdˈk(w)ɔː.təz//ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/
headquarters noun: the military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff. Also the third-person singular simple present indicative of headquarter.
Noun
headquarters (plural headquarters)
- The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
- The center of an organization's operations or administration.
- As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
- The chicken chain’s parent company, Yum Brands, announced Tuesday that KFC’s corporate headquarters is leaving Kentucky for Texas, joining sister brand Pizza Hut’s offices in the Dallas suburb of Plano.2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business
- A place of concentrated activity or influence.
- The head-quarters of the rebellion in the East were at a little town called Hui-lung.[1888 [1887 March 1], “The Great Mahomedan Rebellion in Yunnan”, in The China Review, volume XVI, →OCLC, page 85
Also used as
headquarters is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of headquarter.
headquarters meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Pashto
headquarters in Hindi
- military installation
- मुख्यालय mukhyālay
- center of organisation's activity
- मुख्यालय mukhyālay
headquarters in Urdu
- military installation
- ہیڈ کُوارْٹَر heḍ kuārṭar, مَرْکَزی دَفْتَر markazī daftar, صَدْر دَفْتَر sadr daftar, قَرار گاہ qarār gāh
headquarters in Malayalam
- center of organisation's activity
- ആസ്ഥാനം āsthānaṁ
headquarters in Pashto
- military installation
- قرارګاه qarārgā, هېډکوارټر heḍkwārṭar
More languagesFewer languages
- headquarters in Tagalog
- punong himpilan, punong tanggapan
- headquarters in Arabic
- الْقِيَادَة الْعَامَّة al-qiyāda al-ʕāmma, مَقَرّ maqarr
- headquarters in Malay
- ibu pejabat
- headquarters in Indonesian
- markas besar, kantor pusat
- headquarters in Thai
- กองบัญชาการ gɔɔng-ban-chaa-gaan, บ.ก. bɔɔ.gɔɔ., สำนักงานใหญ่
- headquarters in Vietnamese
- tổng hành dinh, trụ sở, trung tâm
- headquarters in Myanmar
- ဌာနချုပ် htana.hkyup
Examples of headquarters in a sentence
- He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces.
- The human resources department has a shadow information technology group without headquarters knowledge.
- Seeing the flames, he ran to the control room and signalled headquarters.
Synonyms of headquarters
Forms of headquarters
| plural | headquarters |
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Origin of headquarters
From head + quarters.
Words formed from headquarters
Questions about headquarters
- What does headquarters mean?
- Headquarters means the military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
- What is headquarters in Hindi?
- Headquarters in Hindi is मुख्यालय (mukhyālay). See Headquarters meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is headquarters?
- Headquarters is a noun.
- How do you pronounce headquarters?
- Headquarters is pronounced /ˌhɛdˈk(w)ɔː.təz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of headquarters?
- The plural of headquarters is headquarters.
Words near headquarters in the dictionary
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