heading

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
noun the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
noun a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

Etymology

From head + -ing.

In classic literature

Our heading was still northerly. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
Otherwise separate headings are allotted. — Tres Comedias : $b Sin querer; De pequenas causas...; Los intereses creados, Jacinto Benavente
I pointed to the heading. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover

Synonyms

header, head

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