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Headquarters

//ˌhɛdˈkwɔː.təz// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
  2. 2
    the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command wordnet
  3. 3
    The center of an organization's operations or administration.

    "As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities."

  4. 4
    (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise wordnet
  5. 5
    A place of concentrated activity or influence.

    "The head-quarters of the rebellion in the East were at a little town called Hui-lung."

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  1. 6
    (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of headquarter form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From head + quarters.

Etymology 2

From head + quarters.

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