Header — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about

horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɛdɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɛdə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɛdə/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɛdɚ/.

Examples

the heading seemed to have little to do with the text
he took a header into the shrubbery

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

coping head lintel heading cope

Parts of Speech

noun	a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about “the heading seemed to have little to do with the text”
noun	horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
noun	brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
noun	a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
noun	a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
noun	(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
noun	a headlong jump (or fall) “he took a header into the shrubbery”

Word Forms

head

verb

be in the front of or on top of

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kopfzeile

eine Textzeile, die angibt, worum es in der darunter liegenden Passage geht

🇫🇷French

en-tête

une ligne de texte servant à indiquer de quoi parle le passage ci-dessous

🇪🇸Spanish

encabezamiento

una línea de texto que sirve para indicar de qué se trata el pasaje siguiente

🇮🇹Italian

intestazione

una riga di testo che serve a indicare di cosa tratta il passaggio sottostante

🇳🇱Dutch

koptekst

een regel tekst die dient om aan te geven waar de passage eronder over gaat

🇵🇹Portuguese

cabeçalho

uma linha de texto que serve para indicar do que se trata a passagem abaixo

🇷🇺Russian

заголовок

строка текста, служащая для указания того, о чем идет речь в отрывке ниже

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हैडर

पाठ की एक पंक्ति यह दर्शाती है कि नीचे दिया गया अनुच्छेद किस बारे में है

🇧🇩Bengali

হেডার

পাঠ্যের একটি লাইন যা নির্দেশ করে যে এটির নীচের অনুচ্ছেদটি কী

🇮🇳Tamil

தலைப்பு

கீழே உள்ள பகுதி எதைப் பற்றியது என்பதைக் குறிக்கும் உரையின் ஒரு வரி

🇮🇳Telugu

శీర్షిక

వచన పంక్తి దాని దిగువ భాగం దేనికి సంబంధించినదో సూచించడానికి ఉపయోగపడుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

शीर्षलेख

खाली दिलेला उतारा कशाबद्दल आहे हे दर्शविणारी मजकूराची ओळ

🇮🇳Gujarati

હેડર

નીચેનો પેસેજ શેના વિશે છે તે દર્શાવવા માટે સેવા આપતા ટેક્સ્ટની લાઇન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹೆಡರ್

ಪಠ್ಯದ ಒಂದು ಸಾಲು ಅದರ ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಭಾಗವು ಏನೆಂದು ಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തലക്കെട്ട്

താഴെയുള്ള ഭാഗം എന്തിനെക്കുറിച്ചാണെന്ന് സൂചിപ്പിക്കാൻ വാചകത്തിൻ്റെ ഒരു വരി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਿਰਲੇਖ

ਇਹ ਦਰਸਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੀ ਟੈਕਸਟ ਦੀ ਇੱਕ ਲਾਈਨ ਜਿਸ ਦੇ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਬੀਤਣ ਬਾਰੇ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہیڈر

متن کی ایک لائن جو اس بات کی نشاندہی کرتی ہے کہ اس کے نیچے کا حوالہ کس بارے میں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

标头

一行文本，用于指示下面的段落的内容

🇯🇵Japanese

ヘッダ

その下の文章が何についてのものであるかを示すテキスト行

🇰🇷Korean

헤더

아래 구절의 내용을 나타내기 위해 제공되는 한 줄의 텍스트

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tiêu đề

một dòng văn bản dùng để cho biết đoạn văn bên dưới nói về điều gì

🇹🇭Thai

ส่วนหัว

บรรทัดข้อความที่แสดงข้อความด้านล่างนี้เกี่ยวกับอะไร

🇮🇩Indonesian

tajuk

sebaris teks yang berfungsi untuk menunjukkan tentang apa bagian di bawahnya

🇲🇾Malay

pengepala

baris teks yang menyajikan untuk menunjukkan petikan di bawahnya

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

هدر

خطی از متن که نشان می دهد قسمت زیر در مورد چیست

🇹🇷Turkish

başlık

Aşağıdaki pasajın neyle ilgili olduğunu belirten bir metin satırı

🇮🇱Hebrew

כּוֹתֶרֶת

שורת טקסט המשרתת על מה עוסק הקטע שמתחתיו

Test Yourself1 / 3

What is the primary definition of the word 'header'?

The primary meaning of 'header' is 'a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'header' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'header' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'header' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'header' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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