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# header

«header» in Mova's school dictionary: **Hitting the ball with your head** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a header, headers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (football) Hitting the ball with your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#m1)

2) Text at the top of every page of a document, such as the title or page number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#m2)

3) (computers) The first part of a file or email with information about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#m3)

4) (UK, informal) A fall head first: «take a header». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and football a header is a key skill. In computing and in writing reports on a computer, the header is the top area where you put the title or date. Phrases: «score with a header», «header and footer».

### examples

- She scored a brilliant header from the corner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#x1)
- Put your name in the header of the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#x2)
- The header and footer appear on every page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#x3)
- He took a header off his bike into the bushes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#x4)
- The email header shows who sent it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#x5)
- Practise headers with a soft ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/#x6)

### note

Countable. Opposite of «footer» in documents. Safety: young children should be careful with heading heavy balls; some leagues limit heading for under-12s.

### In the corpora

- [Check facts before using them: Messi has scored headers, including one in the 2009 Champions League final.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/9/)
- [Lionel Messi has scored headers, including one in the 2009 Champions League final against Manchester United.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/170-the-football-argument-that-goes-in-circles/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «header» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/header/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.