Associations to the word «Headquarters»

Wiktionary

HEADQUARTERS, noun. The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.
HEADQUARTERS, noun. The center of an organization's operations or administration.
HEADQUARTERS, noun. A place of concentrated activity or influence.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats