Meaning
A pain inside your head.
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Word origin
A compound of head and ache; ache comes from Old English acan, to hurt.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- acan
- English cognates
- ache
Grammar
Examples
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In English you "have" a headache; it takes the article a.
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"Gave me a headache" means the music caused the pain.
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A headache "goes away" when the pain stops.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 26, lesson 6: headache, swallow, chemical and 7 more words.