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heading

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "heading" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables
7 characters
English (US)
2syllables

heading

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

heading is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, heading is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofheading

1verb
  • To be in command of. (See also head up.)

    Example: "Who heads the board of trustees?"

  • To come at the beginning of; to commence.

    Example: "A group of clowns headed the procession."

  • To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
  • To move in a specified direction.

    Example: "How does the ship head?"

  • To remove the head from a fish.

    Example: "The salmon are first headed and then scaled."

  • To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
  • To form a head.

    Example: "This kind of cabbage heads early."

  • To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.

    Example: "to head a nail"

  • To cut off the top of; to lop off.

    Example: "to head trees"

  • To behead; to decapitate.
  • To go in front of.

    Example: "to head a drove of cattle"

  • To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.

    Example: "The wind headed the ship and made progress difficult."

  • (by extension) To check or restrain.
  • To set on the head.

    Example: "to head a cask"

1noun
  • The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
  • The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
  • Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
  • A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
  • The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
  • The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
  • (flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

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