Head and Order

Head

Head verb - To be in charge of.

Usage example: who headed the CIA when Ronald Reagan was president?

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Order and head are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Order" instead the word "Head" as a verb or a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: heading, headland, headship, headband, headed

Order verb - To put into a particular arrangement.

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Head and order are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Head" instead the word "Order" as a verb or a noun or an adjective.

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

old	old head	old order
good	good head	good order
full	full head	full order
similar	similar head	similar order
Other adjectives: normal, right, complete, current, original, true, small, actual, entire, real, large, tall, next, last, different, previous.

Catherine, who at that point was still Cap's secretary, decided to go over his head and order a very dangerous surgery performed, as that was the only way to save Power Girl's life; Cap had been unable to bring himself to give the order because he was afraid it would kill her.

Source: Comicbook / Captain Atom
Body and head are both capable of acting independently, but the body lacks the head's senses and needs to get it back in order to use them.

Source: Losing Your Head
Things come to a head when Rarity backs out of attending Twilight's birthday party in order to attend a fancy ball instead, and lies to her friends about why.

Source: Acquired Situational Narcissism

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