header

«header» in Mova's school dictionary: Hitting the ball with your head — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a header, headers)

meaning for a pupil

1) (football) Hitting the ball with your head. tree →

2) Text at the top of every page of a document, such as the title or page number. tree →

3) (computers) The first part of a file or email with information about it. tree →

4) (UK, informal) A fall head first: «take a header». tree →

sense in the lessons

In PE and football a header is a key skill. In computing and in writing reports on a computer, the header is the top area where you put the title or date. Phrases: «score with a header», «header and footer».

examples

• She scored a brilliant header from the corner. tree →
• Put your name in the header of the page. tree →
• The header and footer appear on every page. tree →
• He took a header off his bike into the bushes. tree →
• The email header shows who sent it. tree →
• Practise headers with a soft ball. tree →

note

Countable. Opposite of «footer» in documents. Safety: young children should be careful with heading heavy balls; some leagues limit heading for under-12s.

In the corpora

• Check facts before using them: Messi has scored headers, including one in the 2009 Champions League final.
• Lionel Messi has scored headers, including one in the 2009 Champions League final against Manchester United.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «header» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.