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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of headquarters. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

   "HQ to all personnel. The suspect has been sighted downtown."

2. 2
   the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Initialism of high-quality. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of HAVE QUICK, a frequency-hopping radio system. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms

headquartersbaseheadquartersmain officemilitary headquartersseat

Antonyms

All antonyms

LQ

Example

More examples

"I have to stop by HQ tomorrow to fill out some paperwork."

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