Headquarters
Headquarters noun - A place from which authority is exercised.
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Synonyms for Headquarters
Situation and headquarters are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Situation" instead a noun "Headquarters".
Situation
Situation noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.
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Synonyms for Situation
Headquarters and situation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Headquarters" instead a noun "Situation".
Related pairs
- post and headquarters
- post and situation
- place and headquarters
- place and situation
- station and headquarters
- station and situation
- seat and headquarters
- seat and situation
- office and headquarters
- office and situation
- location and headquarters
- location and situation
- site and headquarters
- site and situation
How words are described
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The situation quickly got out of control; Local police were overwhelmed in days (though some of them put up a valiant, but ill-fated, Last Stand at their headquarters), and containment forces that the National Government sent in met similar fates.
Source: It's the Only Way to Be Sure - When Mitch radios Stephanie to tell her to return to headquarters, Stephanie starts to say "I have a code—", but the man cuts her off, knowing full well that she could be naming a code that alerts Mitch to her situation.
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The classic SF short story Placet is a Crazy Place starts with the situation getting so bad that the main character tenders his resignation by orally instructing the comms officer send two words to headquarters, "I quit." Later, through a series of miraculous contrivances, all becomes well.
Source: Fun with Homophones
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