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headed

headed

4 2.3
A document with a title at the top
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɛdɪd/
translation icon : membreteado
  • The report was printed on official headed stationery, which included the company logo at the top.

Examples

  • BUT THE D.O.D. ADVISORY TEAM IN CHARGE OF DEALING WITH THE IRAQI MILITARY, HEADED BY WALTER SLOCOMBE, HAD REMAINED IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND HAD NEVER VISITED IRAQ.

  • These notifications, on the headed paper of the Berlin Jewish Organisation, used a formal, unthreatening tone.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Please use the headed document to write your letter, as it looks more professional.

  • She submitted her application on headed paper that clearly displayed the school's name.

Antonyms

8.9

A part that has no title or heading at the top

Compounds

A small songbird with a blue-gray head and olive-green back found in northeastern North America

A calm and sensible way of thinking in difficult or stressful situations

A small ground snake with a black head that hides under rocks or leaves

bone-headed dinosaur
  • Specialized
9.2

A two-legged plant-eating dinosaur with a thick rounded skull

gaff-headed sail
  • Specialized
9.9

A four-sided sail set along the boat with its top held by a sloping pole

Not willing to change views or listen to others

A land frog that digs and lives underground at night with a hard head

A cover for the face shaped like a pumpkin worn at Halloween

9.1

A monster with a head that looks like a pumpkin that appears in stories or at Halloween

A garden plant with a round bulb and purple flower head used for food and decoration

A harmless pale snake with smooth, rubbery skin that lives in grass and woods

spiny-headed worm
  • Specialized
9.9

A parasite that lives in animal intestines and can pull its spiny head back to hold on

white-headed stilt
  • Australian
9.8

A tall wading bird with long thin legs, a white head, and black wings

Surface Forms

headed positive

Morphology

headed = head (transparent) = head + ed

Clear noun-to-adjective formation: 'head' (heading) + '-ed' meaning 'having a heading'.

Etymology

Headed comes from head meaning 'top' and -ed meaning 'having', so 'headed' paper or a 'headed' page is one that has a 'head' or title at the top.