heading

Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdɪŋ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
  2. noun the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
  3. noun a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

Etymology

From head + -ing.

In classic literature

Synonyms

header, head

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
line
Narrower (hyponyms)
title, running head, subheading, rubric, crossheading, headline

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