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Head Headed Heading Person Charge Top Department Company

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If you h___ a department, company, or organization, you are the person in charge of it.If you head a department, company, or organization, you are the person in charge of it.
He had just been appointed to head the corporate-finance department.
My department is headed by two 30-year-olds.
word bean
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noun
Your head is the top part of your body, which has your eyes, mouth, and brain in it.
She turned her head away from him.
He took a puff on his pipe and shook his head.
The third gorilla was taller by a head.
You can use head to refer to your mind and your mental abilities.
I can't get that song out of my head.
...an exceptional analyst who could do complex maths in his head.
The head of a line of people or vehicles is the front of it, or the first person or vehicle in the line.
...the head of the queue.
We took our place at the head of the convoy.
The head of something is the highest or top part of it.
...the head of the stairs.
Every day a different name was placed at the head of the chart.
The head of something long and thin is the end which is wider than or a different shape from the rest, and which is often considered to be the most important part.
There should be no exposed screw heads.
Keep the head of the club the same height throughout the swing.
...a flower head.
The head of a school is the teacher who is in charge.
She is full of admiration for the head and teachers.
The head of a company or organization is the person in charge of it and in charge of the people in it.
...heads of government from more than 100 countries.
...the head waiter.
The head of an infected spot is its white or yellow centre.
The head on a glass of beer is the layer of small bubbles that form on the top of the beer.
You can use head to say how many animals of a particular type a farmer has. For example, if they have fifty head of cattle, they have fifty cows .
If you have a bad head, you have a headache .
I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk.
verb
If someone or something heads a line or procession, they are at the front of it.
The parson, heading the procession, had just turned right towards the churchyard.
If something heads a list or group, it is at the top of it.
The book has sold twelve thousand copies in three weeks, and is still heading the list of best-sellers.
If you head a department, company, or organization, you are the person in charge of it.
He had just been appointed to head the corporate-finance department.
My department is headed by two 30-year-olds.
If you are heading for a particular place, you are going towards that place. In American English, you can also say that you are headed for a particular place.
He headed for the bus stop.
...an Iraqi vessel heading for the port of Basra.
It is not clear how many of them will be heading back to Saudi Arabia tomorrow.
She and her child boarded a plane headed to where her family lived.
He could just as well have hitched a ride on a train or a truck headed west.
If something or someone is heading for a particular result, the situation they are in is developing in a way that makes that result very likely. In American English, you can also say that something or someone is headed for a particular result.
The latest talks aimed at ending the civil war appear to be heading for deadlock.
If she does not work hard, Laure is heading for disaster.
The centuries-old ritual seems headed for extinction.
If a piece of writing is headed a particular title, it has that title written at the beginning of it.
One chapter is headed, 'Beating the Test'.
If you head a ball in football, you hit it with your head in order to make it go in a particular direction.
He headed the ball across the face of the goal.
adverb
If you toss a coin and it comes down heads, you can see the side of the coin which has a picture of a head on it.
'We might toss up for it,' suggested Ted. 'If it's heads, then we'll talk.'.
Heads or tails?
inflections headsheadingheadedbean
cefr-level A2

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