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The correct spelling is heading.

How to pronounce heading

[ˈhɛɾ.ɪŋ]
verb

IPA: [ˈhɛɾ.ɪŋ]

Say it like: Hee-din-g

The correct spelling is heading. To be in command of. (See also head up.) For example: "Who heads the board of trustees?"

Usage Examples

Who heads the board of trustees?

A group of clowns headed the procession.

How does the ship head?

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To be in command of. (See also head up.)
  2. 2.To come at the beginning of; to commence.
  3. 3.To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
  4. 4.To move in a specified direction.
  5. 5.To remove the head from a fish.

noun

  1. 1.The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
  2. 2.The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
  3. 3.Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
  4. 4.A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift.
  5. 5.The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.

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