Meaning

17 senses
  1. The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

    If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.

    Kopfzeile

    заголо́вокzagolóvok, ве́рхний колонти́тулvérxnij kolontítul, хе́дер m)xɛ́dɛr

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

    Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice.

    заголо́вокzagolóvok

    заголо́вокzaholóvok

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

    That column should have the header "payment status".

  4. (informal)A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.

    Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language.

  5. The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.

    The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry.

    Kopfzeile, Header

  6. The first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.

    The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.

  7. A brick that is laid sideways (on its largest face), for example at the top of a wall or within the brickwork, with its smallest side showing (oriented so that that side is wider than it is tall).

    This wall has four header courses.

    тычо́кtyčók

    brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

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

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

  9. A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.

    They fed the bale into the header.

    жа́ткаžátka, хе́дерxɛ́dɛr

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

  10. The act of hitting the ball with the head.

    His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.

    Kopfball

    уда́р голово́йudár golovój

    (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head

  11. Someone who heads the ball.

  12. A headlong fall, jump or dive.

    The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header.

    a headlong jump (or fall)

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom took a header down the stairs.

    Том скотився зі сходів.

    ruТом пересчитал головой все ступени.

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  2. Tom scored a header in the 35th minute, putting his team in front.

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  3. Today's game is a double-header.

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  4. Enter your name in the header.

    deTragen Sie Ihren Namen in der Kopfzeile ein.

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  5. He deflected the ball with a diving header.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
text used to mark off a quantity of text:
Русский
By meaning 4
upper portion of a page layout:
brick that is laid sideways:
machine that cuts the heads off of grain:
soccer: act of hitting the ball with the head:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
upper portion of a page layout:
computing: the first part of a file or record that describes its contents:
soccer: act of hitting the ball with the head:

Forms

plural: headers

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall:copingcope
  • horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window:lintel
  • a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about:headinghead

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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