heading

/ˈhɛdɪŋ/
noun

The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.

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Noun 4 meanings

  1. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.

    “put the information under the "Advantages" heading”

  2. 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)

  3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.

  4. A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.

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Etymology

From head + -ing.

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HEADING has 7 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + A 1 + D 2 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,044 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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