heading

noun

head·​ing ˈhe-diŋ 

1

a

: something that forms or serves as a head

especially : an inscription, headline, or title standing at the top or beginning (as of a letter or chapter)

b

: the address and date at the beginning of a letter showing its place and time of origin

2

: the compass direction in which the longitudinal axis of a ship or aircraft points

broadly : direction

3

: drift sense 6

Synonyms

• title
• caption
• headline
• head

Examples of heading in a Sentence

What is your current heading?

We organized all the recipes under different subject headings.

His paintings usually fall under the heading of realism.

Recent Examples on the Web

This acknowledged the error, diffused the awkwardness and reoriented the conversation onto a positive heading. —Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025

Heather, a masterful narrator, provides a rundown of where everyone stands with one another heading into this new season, which is something more shows should do. —Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025

Google’s Search Central guidance and WCAG principles both emphasize making content easy to crawl and understand, using clear headings, logical site structures, descriptive alt text and meaningful link text. —Ran Ronen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Attached to the appeal letter were nearly 200 pages of records organized by headings and numbers. —Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for heading

• bedding
• dreading
• shedding
• shredding
• sledding
• spreading
• threading
• treading
• wedding
• beheading
• embedding
• homesteading

Kids Definition

heading

noun

head·​ing ˈhed-iŋ 

1

: the direction in which a ship or aircraft points

2

: something (as a title or an address) at the top or beginning (as of a letter or chapter)