military headquarters
4
3.5
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈhɛdˌkwɔːrtərz/
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cuartel general
- The general issued orders from the military headquarters to coordinate the troops' movements.
- U.S. military headquarters
- visit the military headquarters
Examples
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In the two days since their arrival at the military headquarters, Jed hadn't seen any indications that the Cherokees were preparing to leave.
Fiction book (1994) -
I left the museum to visit the site where some of these statues had been excavated, a mile south of the military headquarters.
Academic text (2006) -
- This is German military headquarters.
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The top military headquarters in Europe.
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Perhaps if you do not care for this accommodation you could move to British military headquarters?
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After 1945, the U.S. Army set up headquarters in the vacated Japanese military headquarters and has stayed ever since.
Academic text (2004) -
Wasn't this the Europa Hotel before becoming German military headquarters?
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An EU planning cell is now ensconced at NATO military headquarters, but there is scarcely any other communication between the two institutions.
Academic text (2010) -
Their cattle yards are alive with military activity, and the Carney Cattle office, once that proud icon of Darwin, is now military headquarters.
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The White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and numerous military headquarters monitored the entire battle in real time via the phone calls from Benghazi and video from a drone overhead.
Blog text (24)
Synonyms
∞
2.2
A place where soldiers or an organization live and work
111
3.0
The place where military leaders direct troops and give orders
36
3.4
The main office where an organization's leaders work and give orders
27
5.3
A place where a military leader directs soldiers during an operation
11
4.2
A place where people plan and start activities like a military camp or company office
4
4.2
A place where soldiers live and work to defend an area
A central military office that controls and organizes all forces during operations
The main office where military leaders organize and send orders
How Important
9
4.8
4
3.5
- Jargon
27
5.3
∞
2.2
110
6.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'military' (relating to the armed forces) with 'headquarters' (the main location/unit that directs operations). This modifier + noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Military headquarters comes from a simple image: the head (the leader) and his quarters (the place where he stays and works). That's why it means the main place where military leaders 'plan' and 'lead' operations.