heading

[ hed-ing ]

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.

heading

/ 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

Other Words From

• non·heading noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of heading¹

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

Example Sentences

With Rife heading off a lucrative year and into his Stay Golden Tour, it’s clear that for him, comedy has become much more.

From Los Angeles Times

I called at the café I had been heading for that day and enjoyed the breakfast I had been denied the year before.

From BBC

“You’re much better off here than in the US right now,” says the 74-year-old in the park before heading off to stretch.

From BBC

To see Trump win 45% of the vote in New York State and sweep every swing state is telling the direction the US is heading.

From Salon

It is the week where farmers are heading for Westminster - and bringing some noisy and influential friends with them.

From BBC

Related Words

• route