headquarter
Americanverb (used with object)
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headquarters,
present (3rd person singular)
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headquartered,
past participle, past
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headquartering
present participle
verb (used without object)
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headquarters,
present (3rd person singular)
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headquartered,
past participle, past
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headquartering
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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headquartersimple
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headquarterssimple
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have headquarteredperfect
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has headquarteredperfect
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am headquarteringprogressive
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are headquarteringprogressive
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is headquarteringprogressive
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have been headquarteringperfect progressive
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has been headquarteringperfect progressive
Past
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headquarteredsimple
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had headquarteredperfect
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was headquarteringprogressive
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were headquarteringprogressive
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had been headquarteringperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of headquarter
Back formation from headquarters
Example Sentences
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One of these new entrants is Venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which said it was launching a new regional headquarter in South Florida to focus on defense investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
It has also pointed to its decision to headquarter Great British Energy in Aberdeen and establish a national wealth fund to help unlock investment in renewables.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
This would include, he wrote, “eliminating taxpayer funding for any new FBI headquarter facility and instead examining options for relocating the FBI’s headquarters outside of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
His primary goal is securing a permanent, bricks-and-mortar building to headquarter WalkGood, doubling as a wellness center and creative studio for his WalkGood Productions film company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
I’ve taken to the woods, headed for Dixie, with a shirtful of headquarter papers.
From Special Messenger by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
The advisors determined that Zuckerberg’s leadership presence at Meta headquarters was essential to the company’s success.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Meta said the share deal was appropriate to ensure Zuckerberg "remains working closely" with the company's AI at its headquarters.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Homeboy, which provides jobs for current and former gang members, plans to sell the T-shirts at its headquarters near Chinatown and at its diners at L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
“The job of no one at this company is making me happy,” he told Alan Murray, president of the WSJ Leadership Institute, during a conversation at the bank’s global headquarters in Manhattan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Lafayette Baker seized the telegram, rushed back to his headquarters, and alerted his cousin Luther Byron Baker to the news of the sighting.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
In 2021, he and Knight started a new military research company headquartered in South Carolina called Integer Technologies.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Il Fornaio is headquartered in Corte Madera and operates 15 locations across California and Nevada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Outside the United States, access to the drug will be handled through a licensing agreement between Ionis Pharmaceuticals and Recordati, a major pharmaceutical company headquartered in Italy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company, which is headquartered in Wolverhampton, had announced in 2024 that the Burton facility would close as part of a company restructuring.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was here, in what Chicagoans called a “streetcar” suburb, that stockyard supervisors chose to settle, as did officials of companies headquartered in the skyscrapers of the Loop.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
In 2015, Tranter established Bad Wolf, headquartering the company in Cardiff, where they now have seven soundstages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
And companies have exploited this benefit by incorporating or headquartering in states that are famously friendly toward corporate defendants, like Delaware and Virginia.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2023
Q: How did you end up headquartering the company in Spokane?
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2019
He conceded, however, that the practice of headquartering abroad to pay less in taxes is, for now, “technically legal.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2014
Barclays will also hesitate to jump into the arms of the US's formidable regulators, reinforced by the new Dodd-Frank act along with America's litigation culture, by headquartering in New York.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2010
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