head (noun)

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• head-to-head — Ⅰ. head to head UK US adjective [before noun] ► involving two people or groups that are competing directly against each other: a head to head battle/clash/contest »Two of the biggest characters in the retail sector were engaged in a head to head… …   Financial and business terms

• head — ► NOUN 1) the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs. 2) a person in charge; a director or leader. 3) the front, forward, or upper part or end of something …   English terms dictionary

• Noun phrase — Those five beautiful shiny Jonathan apples sitting on the chair. This is a noun phrase of which apples is the head. They could be substituted for the whole noun phrase, as in they are delicious . In grammar, a noun phrase, nominal phrase, or… …   Wikipedia

• Head (linguistics) — In linguistics, the head is the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member, or analogously the stem that determines the semantic category of a compound of which it is a component. For example, in the big red dog …   Wikipedia

• head — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ bare ▪ bald ▪ shaved ▪ blonde, dark, fair, grey/gray …   Collocations dictionary

• head of state — noun the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government • Syn: ↑chief of state • Hypernyms: ↑representative • Hyponyms: ↑chancellor, ↑premier, ↑prime minister, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• head boy — noun : a head prefect in a British school * * * head boy noun The senior boy in a school • • • Main Entry: ↑head * * * head boy UK US noun [countable] [singular head boy …   Useful english dictionary

• head start — noun the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race) (Freq. 1) with an hour s start he will be hard to catch • Syn: ↑start • Hypernyms: ↑advantage, ↑vantage * * * head start …   Useful english dictionary

• head girl — noun The senior girl in a school • • • Main Entry: ↑head * * * head girl UK US noun [countable] [singular head girl plural head girls …   Useful english dictionary

• head count — noun number of people in a particular group • Syn: ↑headcount • Hypernyms: ↑count * * * 1. an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals. 2. any count of support, strength, etc.: a head count of senators opposing the bill. Also …   Useful english dictionary

• head cold — noun a common cold affecting the nasal passages and resulting in congestion and sneezing and headache • Hypernyms: ↑cold, ↑common cold * * * noun : a common cold in which the symptoms are primarily centered in the nasal passages and adjacent… …   Useful english dictionary