Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation headquarters
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Headquarters, the place from which a commander performs the functions of command.
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- initialism
Headquarters - initialism high
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command
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Examples
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When in VGA mode, the uC we designed (which we call HQ) intercepts and services all PCI traffic to OGD1.
OSNews 2009
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When in VGA mode, the uC we designed (which we call HQ) intercepts and services all PCI traffic to OGD1.
OSNews 2009
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NASA PAO, starting at HQ, is absymally incompetant and Griffin has done nothing to fix this problem.
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Anybody know if the Girl Scout HQ is selling cookies this year?
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Already, I sense that HQ is what I feared it would be and will hopefully influence the Gadget debate hereafter by confirming all your worst fears.
“Ruralshire Constabulary to get TASER on the front line” « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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In reply to someone's comment about the cultures of the various Centers and HQ: you may be right about the attitudes at many of the centers, but I really, really doubt that the seasoned permanent staff at HQ is going to just roll over.
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Sakurako gets reprimanded by the director back in HQ, who in turn has a talk with Saiki later.
Anime Preview: Winter 2008/2009 First Impressions – Batch 2 « Undercover 2009
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Some people in the forums were asking about Girl Scout cookies recently … sadly, even though the Girl Scout National HQ is in Midtown their annual Manhattan sale is going to be on 23rd Street.
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The official word from Mousavi HQ is hold back and wait for word.
Iran Election Live-Blogging (Sunday June 14) The Huffington Post News Team 2009
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Police HQ is stunning, although it seems expensive, wasted space and grandiose.
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