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headwinds

headwinds is the plural of headwind.

headwinds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of headwind.

Meaning of headwind

Noun

headwind (plural headwinds)

  1. A wind that blows directly against the course of a vehicle, like an aircraft, train, or ship.
  2. (transferred sense) A strong force that impedes or reverses progress.
    • "Domestic economic activity has been gaining traction in spite of formidable headwinds from external developments," the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its monthly bulletin.2022 June 16, Swati Bhat, “India's economic prospects firm despite global headwinds, says RBI”, in Gareth Jones, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022, Macro Matters

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Questions about headwinds

What is headwinds the plural of?
Headwinds is the plural of headwind.

Words near headwinds in the dictionary

  1. headwidth
  2. headwidths
  3. headwind
  4. headwinded
  5. headwinding
  6. headwinds
  7. headwings
  8. headwoman
  9. headword
  10. headwords
  11. headwork

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Adapted from Wiktionary: headwinds (page history and authors); headwind (page history and authors). 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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