heading

H4E1A1D2I1N1G2
/ˈhɛdɪŋ/

noun

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

“put the information under the "Advantages" heading”

CommonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of head
nounheading (plural headings)

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 aeronauticalThe 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. businessA 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.
    1 more example

    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.

    Synonyms: roadway

  5. businessThe extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
  6. businessThe end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
  7. flagsA strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

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nouna line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

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Broader

nounthe direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

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nouna horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  4. Proto-Germanic*haubudą
  5. Old Englishhēafod
  6. Middle Englishheed
  7. Englishhead
  8. Englishheading

From head + -ing.

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Translations

Arabic عُنْوَان
  • عُنْوَان (ʕunwān)title
Bulgarian загла́вие, курс
  • загла́вие (zaglávie)title
  • курс (kurs)direction
  • направле́ние (napravlénie)direction
Catalan títol
  • títoltitle
Chinese Mandarin 標題 /标题, 題目 /题目
  • 標題 /标题 (biāotí)title
  • 題目 /题目 (tímù)title
Czech nadpis, záhlaví
  • nadpistitle
  • záhlavítitle
Danish overskift, kurs
  • overskifttitle
  • kursdirection
  • retningdirection
Dutch kop
  • koptitle
Finnish otsikko, kulkusuunta
  • otsikkotitle
  • kulkusuuntadirection
  • lentosuuntadirection
  • keulan suuntadirection
  • keulasuuntadirection
  • ohjaussuuntadirection
  • suuntadirection
French titre, orientation
  • titretitle
  • orientationdirection
  • capdirection
German Überschrift, Kurs
  • Überschrifttitle
  • Kursdirection
Greek επικεφαλίδα, τίτλος
  • επικεφαλίδα (epikefalída)title
  • τίτλος (títlos)title
  • πορεία (poreía)direction
Hebrew כִּוּוּן, מַסְלוּל
  • כִּוּוּן (kivún)direction
  • מַסְלוּל (maslúl)direction
Hindi शीर्षक
  • शीर्षक (śīrṣak)title
Hungarian címsor, (haladási) irány
  • címsortitle
  • (haladási) iránydirection
Irish rúibric, ceannscríbhinn
  • rúibrictitle
  • ceannscríbhinntitle
  • ceannteidealtitle
  • mírcheanntitle
Italian titolo
  • titolotitle
Japanese 見出し, 題目
  • 見出し (midashi)title
  • 題目 (daimoku)title
  • 表題 (hyōdai)title
Korean 표제, 제목
  • 표제 (pyoje)title
  • 제목 (jemok)title
Māori raranga, ahunga
  • rarangadirection
  • ahungadirection
Polish nagłówek, rubryka
  • nagłówektitle
  • rubrykatitle
  • kierunekdirection
  • kursdirection
Portuguese cabeçalho, manchete
  • cabeçalhotitle
  • manchetetitle
  • proadirection
Romanian titlu
  • titlutitle
Russian заголо́вок, загла́вие
  • заголо́вок (zagolóvok)title
  • загла́вие (zaglávije)title
  • ру́брика (rúbrika)title
  • на́дпись (nádpisʹ)title
  • курс (kurs)direction
  • направле́ние (napravlénije)direction
Slovak nadpis, záhlavie
  • nadpistitle
  • záhlavietitle
Spanish acápite, encabezamiento
  • acápitetitle
  • encabezamientotitle
  • membretetitle
Swedish kurs
  • kursdirection
Turkish başlık
  • başlıktitle
Ukrainian за́головок, заголо́вок
  • за́головок (záholovok)title
  • заголо́вок (zaholóvok)title
  • ру́брика (rúbryka)title
  • на́пис (nápys)title
  • на́дпис (nádpys)title

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Cite this entry
APA

heading. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heading

MLA

“heading.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heading. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heading,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heading.

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