headquarters

  • 11headquarters — 01. My dad has just gotten a job in his company s [headquarters] in Indianapolis, so we re going to move in a couple of months. 02. The company has branches in cities all over the world, but their [headquarters] are located in New York. 03. The… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 12headquarters — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ international, local, national, regional, world ▪ main ▪ permanent ▪ temporary …

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  • 13headquarters — n. 1) to set up headquarters 2) supreme headquarters 3) at headquarters * * * [ hedˌkwɔːtəz] at supreme headquarters to set up headquarters …

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  • 14headquarters — head|quar|ters [ hed,kwɔrtərz ] noun plural ** 1. ) the place where a company or organization has its main offices: The UN headquarters are in New York. headquarters of: the St. Petersburg headquarters of the National Republican Party 2. ) the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15headquarters */*/ — UK [hedˈkwɔː(r)tə(r)z] / US [ˈhedˌkwɔrtərz] noun [plural] 1) the place where a company or organization has its main offices: can be followed by a singular or plural verb The UN headquarters are in New York. headquarters of: the St Petersburg… …

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  • 16headquarters — Synonyms and related words: CP, GHQ, HQ, base, base of operations, booking office, box office, branch, branch office, cabinet, center of authority, central administration, central office, central station, chambers, chancellery, chancery, closet,… …

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  • 17headquarters — [[t]he̱dkwɔː(r)tə(r)z[/t]] ♦♦♦ N SING COLL The headquarters of an organization are its main offices. ...fraud squad officers from London s police headquarters... The building is the headquarters of the family firm. Syn: HQ …

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  • 18headquarters — /hed kwawr teuhrz, kwaw /, n., pl. headquarters. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always …

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  • 19headquarters — head|quar|ters W3 [ˈhedˌkwo:təz, ˌhedˈkwo:təz US o:rtərz] n abbreviation HQ plural headquarters 1.) the main building or offices used by a large company or organization ▪ the headquarters of the United Nations 2.) the place from which military… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20headquarters — /ˈhɛdkwɔtəz / (say hedkwawtuhz), /hɛdˈkwɔtəz / (say hed kwawtuhz) plural noun (often construed as singular) 1. any centre from which official orders are issued: police headquarters. 2. any centre of operations. 3. the offices of a military… …