Headquarters - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhedkwɔːrtərz|  American pronunciation of the word headquarters
Brit.  |hedˈkwɔːtəz|  British pronunciation of the word headquarters

noun

- (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
many companies have their headquarters in New York
- the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents
- (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff

Extra examples

Permanent Headquarters ot the United Nations

The headquarters of the company are in Switzerland.

The soldiers cabled back to headquarters.

A gunship blasted enemy headquarters.

...at its headquarters the company maintains a fashionable salon filled with works of modern art...

...the Watergate scandal began when Republican operatives burglarized the Democratic Party's headquarters in Washington, D.C....

The general sent a dispatch to headquarters.

They inaugurated the new headquarters with a brief ceremony.

Pickets marched in front of the company headquarters.

The students were barred from holding a picket outside the company's headquarters.

...the organization's headquarters is a rabbit warren of small, cramped offices...

He ran an extremely unhappy headquarters. He tended to berate subordinates, frequently shouting and cursing at them.

...an underhanded attempt at infiltrating the other party's headquarters...

We galloped the letter to the headquarters.

Headquarters issued an order that the attack be resumed.

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