1
a
: something that forms or serves as a head
especially
: an inscription, headline, or title standing at the top or beginning (as of a letter or chapter)
b
: the address and date at the beginning of a letter showing its place and time of origin
2
: the compass direction in which the longitudinal axis of a ship or aircraft points
broadly
: direction
3
Examples of heading in a Sentence
What is your current heading?
We organized all the recipes under different subject headings.
His paintings usually fall under the heading of realism.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The researchers mined 16 years of U.S. Coast Guard data detailing the position, velocity, status and heading of ships in U.S. waterways, cross-referencing hundreds of millions of data points with port and bridge data kept by the National Bridge Inventory.
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Down 1-0 heading into the second, UConn wasted little time in pulling even and then ahead.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
Ensure your document is well-structured, with clear section headings, consistent font choices, and balanced spacing.
—Andrew Fennell, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
The researchers mined 16 years of U.S. Coast Guard data detailing the position, velocity, status and heading of ships in U.S. waterways, cross-referencing hundreds of millions of data points with port and bridge data kept by the National Bridge Inventory.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
Down 1-0 heading into the second, UConn wasted little time in pulling even and then ahead.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Mar. 2025
Ensure your document is well-structured, with clear section headings, consistent font choices, and balanced spacing.
—Andrew Fennell, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heading
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“Heading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heading. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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heading
noun
head·ing
ˈhed-iŋ 
1
: the direction in which a ship or aircraft points
2
: something (as a title or an address) at the top or beginning (as of a letter or chapter)
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