headquarters in English: The main office of a company, army, or group, where the leaders work. (noun)

Translation

The main office of a company, army, or group, where the leaders work.

Word origin

A compound of head, meaning main, and quarters, an old word for the place where soldiers live.

Gender

Pluralheadquarters

London.

"Headquarters" is the main office where the leaders of a company work.

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In army stories, "headquarters" is the base the orders come from.

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The word ends in s but usually acts like a singular noun.

office

A room or building where people work at desks, often using computers and phones.

building

A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, a school, or an office.

company

A business that makes or sells things to earn money.

base

The bottom part that something stands on, or the main place a group works from.

centre

The middle point or part of something.

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