headquarters
pronunciation
How to pronounce headquarters in British English:
UK [ˌhedˈkwɔːtəz]
How to pronounce headquarters in American English:
US [ˈhedkwɔːrtərz]
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- Noun:
- (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
- (usually plural) the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
- (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff
Word Origin
- headquarters (n.)
- "residence of a military commander," 1640s, from head (adj.) + quarters. Headquarter as a verb is recorded from 1838 (in Headquartered).
Example
- 1. There are few corporate headquarters staffed by well-paid managers .
- 2. There the small band of warrior monks established a headquarters .
- 3. Taliban briefly captured police headquarters in logar and kunduz provinces .
- 4. It will be a headquarters for chinese businesses operating in africa , away from the instability that affects parts of the continent .
- 5. That morning , nerv headquarters received many emergency calls from a number of the operatives assigned to watch over the three evangelion pilots .