HEADQUARTERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does headquarters mean? 

• HEADQUARTERS (noun)
  The noun HEADQUARTERS has 3 senses:

1. (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

2. the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command

3. (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff

  Familiarity information: HEADQUARTERS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEADQUARTERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

central office; headquarters; home base; home office; main office

Context example:

many companies have their headquarters in New York

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 2

Meaning:

The military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

headquarters; HQ; military headquarters

Context example:

the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents

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 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)

 Context examples 

The biggest problem facing the units affects the state of Pernambuco, more specifically the National Park of Catimbau—which has no headquarters even with the ICMBio.

(Brazilian savanna unprotected, study finds, Agência Brasil)

You are going to headquarters, no doubt.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This was to be our headquarters for the time—our place of refuge against sudden danger and the guard-house for our stores.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Dyn's corporate headquarters are in New Hampshire.

(Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US, Wikinews)

This so-called Blessington is, as I expected, well known at headquarters, and so are his assailants.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He would make the valley and the bay his headquarters.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The group headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has research sites at nearly 200 major medical centers, university hospitals, large oncology practice groups, and health maintenance organizations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and Australia.

(National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, NCI Thesaurus)

At present, indeed, they were well supplied both with news and happiness by the recent arrival of a militia regiment in the neighbourhood; it was to remain the whole winter, and Meryton was the headquarters.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I will admit that your team back at headquarters will likely miss you and want your opinion or advice now and then, so keep your cell phone powered up to answer random questions from your staff or other teammates.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He would take so valuable a prize to headquarters with his own hands.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)