heading

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Germanic *haubudą

Old English hēafod

Middle English heed

English head

English -ing

English heading

From head + -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛdɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛdɪŋ

Verb

heading

1. present participle and gerund of head

Noun

heading (plural headings)

1. The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.

   put the information under the "Advantages" heading

2. (nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
3. Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
4. (mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.

   Synonym: roadway

   • http://undergroundcoal.com.au/fundamentals/01_process.aspx

     Once access has been gained into the coal seam, workings are developed by mining a series of roadways (or headings). These roadways are tunnels largely, if not totally, within the seam, usually rectangular in shape though on occasions they may have an arched or even circular profile.

5. (sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
6. (masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
7. (flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

Derived terms

• double-heading
• letterheading
• nonheading
• running heading
• single-heading
• subheading
• subject heading
• treble-heading

Translations

title

• Abkhaz: ахы (axə), ахьӡ (axʲdz)
• Arabic: عُنْوَان (ar) m (ʕunwān)
• Belarusian: загало́вак m (zahalóvak), ру́брыка f (rúbryka), на́дпіс m (nádpis)
• Bulgarian: загла́вие (bg) n (zaglávie)
• Catalan: títol (ca) m
• Chichewa: mutú class 3
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標題 / 标题 (zh) (biāotí), 題目 / 题目 (zh) (tímù)

• Czech: nadpis (cs) m, záhlaví (cs) n
• Danish: overskift c
• Dutch: kop (nl) m
• Finnish: otsikko (fi)
• French: titre (fr) m
• German: Überschrift (de) f
• Greek: επικεφαλίδα (el) f (epikefalída), τίτλος (el) m (títlos)
• Hindi: शीर्षक (hi) m (śīrṣak)
• Hungarian: címsor (hu)
• Irish: rúibric f, ceannscríbhinn f, ceannteideal m, mírcheann m
• Italian: titolo (it) m
• Japanese: 見出し (ja) (みだし, midashi), 題目 (ja) (だいもく, daimoku), 表題 (ja) (ひょうだい, hyōdai)
• Korean: 표제(標題) (ko) (pyoje), 제목(題目) (ko) (jemok)
• Macedonian: заглавие n (zaglavie), наслов m (naslov)
• Marathi: मथळा m (mathḷā), शीर्षक n (śīrṣak)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: عُنْوان (fa) (onvân)

• Plautdietsch: Äwaschreft f
• Polish: nagłówek (pl) m, rubryka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cabeçalho (pt) m, manchete (pt) f
• Romanian: titlu (ro) n
• Russian: заголо́вок (ru) m (zagolóvok), загла́вие (ru) n (zaglávije), ру́брика (ru) f (rúbrika), на́дпись (ru) f (nádpisʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: на́слов m

  Latin: náslov (sh) m

• Slovak: nadpis m, záhlavie n
• Slovene: naslov (sl) m
• Spanish: acápite (es) m, encabezamiento (es) m, membrete (es) m
• Tajik: унвон (tg) (unvon)
• Tumbuka: kamutu class 12
• Turkish: başlık (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: عنوان (ʼunvan)

• Ukrainian: за́головок (uk) m (záholovok), заголо́вок (uk) m (zaholóvok), ру́брика f (rúbryka), на́пис m (nápys), на́дпис m (nádpys)

direction

• Bulgarian: курс (bg) m (kurs), направле́ние (bg) n (napravlénie)
• Danish: kurs (da) c, retning (da) c
• Finnish: kulkusuunta (of movement); lentosuunta (of movement, aeronautical); keulan suunta, keulasuunta (of bow, nautical); ohjaussuunta (of bow, aeronautical); suunta (fi) (either, but used by some for the heading of the bow specifically)
• French: orientation (fr) f, cap (fr) m
• German: Kurs (de) m
• Greek: πορεία (el) f (poreía)
• Hebrew: כִּוּוּן (he) m (kivún), מַסְלוּל (he) f (maslúl)
• Hungarian: (haladási) irány
• Māori: raranga, ahunga
• Polish: kierunek (pl) m, kurs (pl) m
• Portuguese: proa (pt) f
• Russian: курс (ru) m (kurs), направле́ние (ru) n (napravlénije)
• Swedish: kurs (sv) c

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heading f (definite singular headinga, indefinite plural headingar, definite plural headingane)

1. alternative spelling of hedding