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US
/ˈhɛdˌkɔɹtɝz, ˈhɛdˌkwɔɹtɝz/
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[ UK /hɛdkwˈɔːtəz/ ]
[ UK /hɛdkwˈɔːtəz/ ]
NOUN
- (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff
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the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents -
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
many companies have their headquarters in New York
How To Use headquarters In A Sentence
- Urban guerrillas detonated a car bomb in front of the company's headquarters.
- an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters
- This multiplication of coverage is cunningly designed to bamboozle the party media minders who sit in party headquarters with stop watches timing their contributions to ensure balance.
- Sadly, because we found our wine so late, and things have been hectic with a sick 9-month old here at the LENNDEVOURS world headquarters there wasn't time for a full-fledge review, meaning that I didn't taste it blind or even pull my notebook out. Wine Blogging Wednesday
- From almost two hundred field offices, more than two thousand special agents teletyped all new data daily to Headquarters in Washington, where an army of clerks indexed it for easy retrieval.
- It should certainly have administrative headquarters worthy of the sobriquet.
- Instead, the headquarters are situated in a squat, brick building which seems rather unglamorous for the world of radio.
- French warplanes based in Italy report to NATO's command headquarters in Naples while aircraft flying sorties off the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle report directly to French military commanders in Paris. Political Gridlock at NATO
- The army headquarters is on the other side of the square, in a former colonial mansion.
- Once properly tagged and escorted, the visitor passes the initial checkpoint and walks along a corridor into the Headquarters Building lobby.
