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subheadings

subheadings is the plural of subheading.

Meaning of subheading

Noun

subheading (plural subheadings)

  1. Any of the headings under which each of the main divisions of a subject may be subdivided.
    • And puritans give much the same warning in a manner suggesting that though the eating of rich foods is not among the seven deadly sins, it is at least a bona fide subheading under the general category of gluttony.1981 May 9, Mimi Sheraton, “DE GUSTIBUS; WHEN IS FOOD RICH? IT'S ALL A QUESTION OF SEMANTICS”, in The New York Times
  2. A heading or caption subordinate to a main headline, heading, or title especially when inserted as a divider between sections (as of a newspaper or periodical article or story or text of a book).

Questions about subheadings

What is subheadings the plural of?
Subheadings is the plural of subheading.

Words near subheadings in the dictionary

  1. subhead
  2. subheaded
  3. subheader
  4. subheaders
  5. subheading
  6. subheadings
  7. subheadline
  8. subheadlines
  9. subheadquarters
  10. subheads
  11. subheadword

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subheadings (page history and authors); subheading (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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