heading

Speech parts

1. heading - Noun

2. heading - Verb

Meaning

of Head

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

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

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.

That end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bearing header head lead course title direction track route label aim orientation drift headline caption
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Antonyms

following child crest element foot component
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Hypernyms

line way direction passageway

Hyponyms

lemma title headline tack rubric crosshead

Phrases with the word

where the puck is heading heading for the rocks heading north heading southwest heading to heading up

Examples

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. Laozi

Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears. Washington Irving

Even as someone who's labeled a conservative - I'm a Republican I'm black, I'm heading up this organization in the Reagan administration - I can say that conservatives don't exactly break their necks to tell blacks that they're welcome. Clarence Thomas

We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit. David Suzuki

The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think. Vanessa Redgrave

He who is too sure of himself and acts without thinking is heading for his downfall. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

headiest headily headiness heading direction heading for heading for a fall