Definitions for heading
ˈhɛd ɪŋhead·ing

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. heading, header, headnoun

   a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

   "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"

2. bearing, heading, aimnoun

   the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

3. drift, heading, gallerynoun

   a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

   "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"

Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. headingnoun

   The title or topic of a document, article, chapter etc.

2. headingnoun

   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)

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Heading

   of Head

2. Headingnoun

   the act or state of one who, or that which, heads; formation of a head

3. Headingnoun

   that which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper

4. Headingnoun

   material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc

5. Headingnoun

   a gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift

6. Headingnoun

   the extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch

7. Headingnoun

   that end of a stone or brick which is presented outward

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Heading

   Heading is a metalworking process which incorporates the forging, extruding and upsetting process. It is often performed in the cold state, resulting in cold working. This process produces a near net shape workpiece, which means the final product is almost finished. An important consideration in heading is the tendency for the bar to buckle if its unsupported length to diameter ratio is too high. This ratio usually is limited to less than 3:1 but with appropriate dies, it can be higher. Older machines are known as single-stroke headers, while newer machines are known as double-stroke headers, because they have two strokes; one stroke moves the workpiece into the machine and the second heads the workpiece.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. heading

   As to ships in company, one advancing by sail or steam faster than another heads her.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. heading

   A line of text within a document.

   The heading of the document was important.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Mining
   • Passageway

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'heading' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4818

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'heading' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4232

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'heading' in Nouns Frequency: #1957

How to pronounce heading?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say heading in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heading in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heading in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of heading in a Sentence

1. Hunter Biden:

   We were on time heading down to see you all and there was a major, major accident. A tractor trailer overturned, we later learned. We sat there for about 40, 45 minutes -- maybe longer.

2. Dennis Wamsted:

   Coal and renewables are rapidly heading in opposite directions, if the crossover doesn't occur in 2021, it will without a doubt do so by 2022.

3. Essam Fayed:

   This (conflict) had to be stopped because it started to become a big issue ... we were heading towards a national security problem.

4. Ben Cook:

   Midterm elections are coming up and high oil prices are bad PR for the party heading into the election.

5. Brian Stelter:

   All these daily, hourly, even minute by minute headlines about Covid making us feel like we're heading back in time, when in fact we are not.

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