headset
/ˈhɛdsɛt/
headset noun: a pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
Noun
headset (plural headsets)
- A pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
- Any electronic device worn on the head.
- If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.2014 June 29, Adam Sherwin, “UK cinemas ban Google glasses over piracy risk”, in The Independent
- On a bicycle, the system of bearings that connects the fork to the frame.
- A mindset.
- One member has this whole collection of 50s rockabilly by women. Like the blues, the lyrics reflect the headset of the time, so of course it's not all "non-sexist." But it's a great record, really connected to the roots of rock 'n roll.1987 December 13, Elizabeth Pincus, quoting Mary Ann Peacott, “Rock Against Sexism”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 22, page 6
headset meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
headset in Hindi
- हेडसेट, हेडसैट
headset in Tamil
- ஹெட்செட்
headset in Marathi
- हेडसेट
headset in Urdu
- ہیڈسیٹ
More languagesFewer languages
- headset in Bengali
- হেডসেট
- headset in Telugu
- హెడ్సెట్, హెడ్ సెట్
- headset in Malayalam
- ഹെഡ്സെറ്റ്, ഹെഡ് സെറ്റ്
- headset in Kannada
- ಹೆಡ್ಸೆಟ್, ಹೆಡ್ ಸೆಟ್
- headset in Punjabi
- ਹੈੱਡਸੈੱਟ, ਹੈਡਸੈੱਟ
- headset in Gujarati
- હેડસેટ, હેડ્સસેટ, હેડસેટ્સ
- headset in Odia
- ହେଡସେଟ୍, ହେଡସେଟ, ହେଡ୍ସେଟ୍
- headset in Nepali
- हेडसेट, हेड्सेट
- headset in Tagalog
- pang-ulong hatinig
- headset in Vietnamese
- tai nghe
Examples of headset in a sentence
- Curiously, Aliph calls this earware rather than a headset, hence the comparison to sunglasses.
- We can disinfect headsets and teach a group of fifth graders how to play library quidditch.
- Workers wear lightweight headsets connected to mobile devices that receive real-time instructions directly from the warehouse management system (WMS).
Forms of headset
| plural | headsets |
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Origin of headset
From head + set.
Words formed from headset
Questions about headset
- What does headset mean?
- Headset means a pair of headphones or earphones, or a singular headphone or earphone, typically with an attached microphone.
- What is headset in Hindi?
- Headset in Hindi is हेडसेट, हेडसैट. See Headset meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is headset?
- Headset is a noun.
- How do you pronounce headset?
- Headset is pronounced /ˈhɛdsɛt/.
- What is the plural of headset?
- The plural of headset is headsets.
Words near headset in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: headset (page history and authors); headset (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); headset (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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