headquarter

verb

head·​quar·​ter ˈhed-ˌkwȯ(r)-tər How to pronounce headquarter (audio)
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(ˈ)hed-ˈkwȯ(r)
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headquartered; headquartering; headquarters

transitive verb

: to place in headquarters
… separated the players from their wives, headquartering them in a separate hotel …Jeff Duncan

intransitive verb

: to make one's headquarters
decided to headquarter in Seattle

Examples of headquarter in a Sentence

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Founded in 1917 and acquired by Ford in 1922, the brand is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. Tony Leopardo, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026 But in early March, Tencent offered free OpenClaw set-up sessions, drawing hundreds of people in the city of Shenzhen where the company is headquartered. Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2026 On a Tuesday in June, Jo put on his headset and logged on to a call for a hard-to-fill artificial intelligence role with Nisos, a corporate security and investigations company headquartered in Virginia. Lisa Cavazuti, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026 In recent years, the San Diego festival has been headquartered in Balboa Park and featured more than 50 shows at multiple venues but details have yet to be announced. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for headquarter

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of headquarter was in 1838

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“Headquarter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headquarter. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.

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