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heading

noun

1 heading

A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about:
— The heading seemed to have little to do with the text.

synonyms: head, header.

Roget 64: precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; forerunner, vancourier, avant-coureur [Fr.], pioneer, prodrome, prodromos, prodromus, outrider; leader, bellwether; ... show more

Roget 66: beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation; introduction etc. (precursor) 64; alpha, initial; inauguration, ... show more

Roget 280: precession, leading, heading; precedence etc. 62; priority etc. 116; the lead, le pas; van etc. ... show more

Roget 550: indication; symbolism, symbolization; semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics; Zeitgeist.    [means of recognition: property] characteristic, diagnostic; lineament, feature, ... show more

Roget 564: nomenclature; naming etc. v.; nuncupation, nomination, baptism; orismology; onomatopoeia; antonomasia.    name; appelation, appelative; designation, ... show more

Dutch: hoofdje, kop, opschrift, tas
Polish: tytuł

2 heading

The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies.

synonyms: aim, bearing.

3 heading

A horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine.

synonyms: drift, gallery.


Moby thesaurus: aim, antecedent, anteposition, anteriority, azimuth, banner, banner head, basis, bearing, bent, blood, bold front, bracket, branch, brave face, brave front, burden, cap, capping, capsheaf ... show more.

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