heading

American  

[hed-ing] / ˈhɛd ɪŋ /

noun

1. something that serves as a head, heads, top, or front.

2. a title or caption of a page, chapter, etc.

3. a section of the subject of a discourse; a main division of a topic or theme.

4. the compass direction toward which a traveler or vehicle is or should be moving; course.

5. an active underground mining excavation in the earth, as a drift or raise being or about to be driven.

6. Aeronautics. the angle between the axis from front to rear of an aircraft and some reference line, as magnetic north.

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heading British  

/ ˈhɛdɪŋ /

noun

1. a title for a page, paragraph, chapter, etc

2. a main division, as of a lecture, speech, essay, etc

3. mining

   1. a horizontal tunnel

   2. the end of such a tunnel

4. the angle between the direction of an aircraft and a specified meridian, often due north

5. the compass direction parallel to the keel of a vessel

6. the act of heading

7. anything that serves as a head

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Other Word Forms

• nonheading noun

Etymology

Origin of heading

First recorded in 1250–1300, heading is from the Middle English word hefding. See head, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Which is where we’ve been heading for the past few weeks.

From MarketWatch

Rubner said his team is shifting to tactically bullish on U.S. equities heading into April, after shifting to neutral in March.

From MarketWatch

Even with the largest vote share, the Social Democrats are heading for their weakest result in more than a century.

From BBC

The momentum is certainly not there for them heading into this break and leaves the club with a big decision to make over boss Igor Tudor.

From BBC

She served as the deputy bureau chief of the China bureau, heading the China bureau’s business news coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• route