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Meanings of hq in English

Portuguese
quartel
Catalan
quarter general
Spanish
cuartel general

The military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command.

quartel
Synonyms
Examples for "headquarters"
Examples for "headquarters"
1
Our political family must remain united, he said at the party's headquarters.
Reuters
2
General Electric moved its headquarters out of the state earlier this year.
Reuters
3
Bethune said, 'I shall show you the temporary headquarters building, m' lord.
Second to None
4
Government supporters have staged attacks outside the assembly's headquarters in recent months.
Reuters
5
Military sources said five former ministers were detained at the military headquarters.
The Irish Times
1
It's a good thing you don't work for COG military headquarters, Richard.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
2
It has served as a base depôt and military headquarters for centuries.
Life in a Mediæval City / Illustrated by York in the XVth Centur...
3
British military headquarters was at the stadium built for the 1936 Olympics.
The South African
4
The wisest plan would be to deliver him up to military headquarters.
Rabbi and Priest: A Story
5
They will take us to Kharkov and leave us at military headquarters.
Rabbi and Priest: A Story
Usage of hq in English
1
He was manager of the Electricity Supply Company, which had its hq.
The new yorker
2
Information from all stations is sent to their main hq.
The new yorker
3
Several hundred partisans celebrated at the Summit Hotel hq.
The new yorker
4
He also went to Clown College at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey winter hq.
The new yorker
5
Allegedly he was shot by someone in a group of toughs hanging around the local hq.
The new yorker
6
The International Council of Ballroom Dancing, with hq.
The new yorker
7
But on the night of the announcement there was an air of dejection around Lowenstein hq.
The new yorker
8
Being the HQ for a global company means economic activity and jobs.
News.com.au
9
As a result, HQ treatment inhibited erythroid differentiation in a dose-response manner.
Pubmed
10
Seconds later in Section 8 HQ, information came flooding into Foaly's terminal.
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
11
McPherson said, Built as the battalion HQ just before the Civil War.
Shutter Island
12
Seconds later in Section Eight HQ, information came flooding into Foaly's terminal.
Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony
13
Watch a time lapse film of the new insurance HQ being built.
BBC
14
I had a message drafted to HQ the moment the chopper reported.
Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
15
Dublin is Ancestry's international HQ, in charge of operations outside the US.
The Irish Times
16
We jettisoned decades' worth at HQ when we banged out of Jacinto.
Coalition's End
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common