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header

noun

Simple meaning

Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

Pronunciation

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hehder

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈhɛdɚ

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Definition

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noun

  1. Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

  2. Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.

  3. Horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

  4. A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.

  5. A machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon

  6. A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system; a header tank.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

Used this way, header is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This sense is about measurement, so it is used where accuracy is the point.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Technical/specialist writing
  • Academic writing

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Text

header informationcolumn header

Horizontal

header field

Other combinations

header filepage headermessage headerpacket headerheader section

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

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  • headnounBase word

    The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • headlessadjectiveDerived adjective

    Not having a head or formed without a head.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • red-headernounCompound term

    Someone who has red hair.

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