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# headquarters

«headquarters» in Mova's school dictionary: **The main office or place from which a company, army…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (headquarters — singular or plural; abbreviation HQ)

### meaning for a pupil

The main office or place from which a company, army, police force or organisation is run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headquarters/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and news the headquarters is where the bosses work. In games and stories «HQ» is the base. Phrases: «police headquarters», «company headquarters», «back to HQ».

### examples

- The company's headquarters are in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headquarters/#x1)
- The spies returned to headquarters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headquarters/#x2)
- Our den is the club's secret HQ. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headquarters/#x3)
- The army set up its headquarters in the old castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headquarters/#x4)
- Police headquarters received the call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headquarters/#x5)
- The United Nations headquarters is in New York. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/headquarters/#x6)

### note

Ends in -s even for one: «a headquarters». Can take a singular or plural verb. Short form: HQ.

### Trees and pragmatics

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