headquarters

Pluralheadquarters

1. 1
   nouncountable

   The main office where a company or group is run from.

   Like the brain of a body: it controls what everything else does.

   The company moved its headquarters to a bigger city.

   Their new headquarters has room for two hundred workers.

   Similarbase

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   The base where army leaders give orders, or the commander and staff who work there.

   Like a team captain's spot, where all the big calls get made.

   The soldiers received new orders from headquarters that night.

   Enemy planes bombed the headquarters near the river.

   Similarcommand

3. 3
   nouncountable

   A place that is the center of a lot of activity or power.

   Like the busiest stall in a market, where everyone gathers.

   That café became the headquarters for the whole neighborhood's gossip.

   The old warehouse served as headquarters for local artists.

   Similarhub, center, home

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4. 4
   verbUS

   Third-person singular present of headquarter. Use it with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

   The firm headquarters its research team in Boston.

   She headquarters the campaign out of a small storefront downtown.

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