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I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time.
Augusten Burroughs

Meaning of "masthead" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MASTHEAD

masthead  [ˈmɑːstˌhɛd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MASTHEAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Masthead is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb masthead in English.

WHAT DOES MASTHEAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of masthead in the English dictionary

The first definition of masthead in the dictionary is the head of a mast. Other definition of masthead is Also called: flag. the name of a newspaper or periodical, its proprietors, staff, etc, printed in large type at the top of the front page. Masthead is also to send to the masthead as a punishment.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MASTHEAD

PRESENT

Present
I masthead
you masthead
he/she/it mastheads
we masthead
you masthead
they masthead
Present continuous
I am mastheading
you are mastheading
he/she/it is mastheading
we are mastheading
you are mastheading
they are mastheading
Present perfect
I have mastheaded
you have mastheaded
he/she/it has mastheaded
we have mastheaded
you have mastheaded
they have mastheaded
Present perfect continuous
I have been mastheading
you have been mastheading
he/she/it has been mastheading
we have been mastheading
you have been mastheading
they have been mastheading
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I mastheaded
you mastheaded
he/she/it mastheaded
we mastheaded
you mastheaded
they mastheaded
Past continuous
I was mastheading
you were mastheading
he/she/it was mastheading
we were mastheading
you were mastheading
they were mastheading
Past perfect
I had mastheaded
you had mastheaded
he/she/it had mastheaded
we had mastheaded
you had mastheaded
they had mastheaded
Past perfect continuous
I had been mastheading
you had been mastheading
he/she/it had been mastheading
we had been mastheading
you had been mastheading
they had been mastheading
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will masthead
you will masthead
he/she/it will masthead
we will masthead
you will masthead
they will masthead
Future continuous
I will be mastheading
you will be mastheading
he/she/it will be mastheading
we will be mastheading
you will be mastheading
they will be mastheading
Future perfect
I will have mastheaded
you will have mastheaded
he/she/it will have mastheaded
we will have mastheaded
you will have mastheaded
they will have mastheaded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been mastheading
you will have been mastheading
he/she/it will have been mastheading
we will have been mastheading
you will have been mastheading
they will have been mastheading
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would masthead
you would masthead
he/she/it would masthead
we would masthead
you would masthead
they would masthead
Conditional continuous
I would be mastheading
you would be mastheading
he/she/it would be mastheading
we would be mastheading
you would be mastheading
they would be mastheading
Conditional perfect
I would have masthead
you would have masthead
he/she/it would have masthead
we would have masthead
you would have masthead
they would have masthead
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been mastheading
you would have been mastheading
he/she/it would have been mastheading
we would have been mastheading
you would have been mastheading
they would have been mastheading
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you masthead
we let´s masthead
you masthead
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to masthead
Past participle
mastheaded
Present Participle
mastheading
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MASTHEAD


arrowhead
ˈærəʊˌhɛd
blunthead
ˈblʌntˌhɛd
bolthead
ˈbəʊltˌhɛd
cathead
ˈkætˌhɛd
clarthead
ˈklɑːtˌhɛd
fathead
ˈfætˌhɛd
flathead
ˈflætˌhɛd
flinthead
ˈflɪntˌhɛd
gilthead
ˈɡɪltˌhɛd
hothead
ˈhɒtˌhɛd
knighthead
ˈnaɪtˌhɛd
nethead
ˈnɛtˌhɛd
overhead
ˈəʊvəˌhɛd
pithead
ˈpɪtˌhɛd
pothead
ˈpɒtˌhɛd
printhead
ˈprɪntˌhɛd
redhead
ˈrɛdˌhɛd
shithead
ˈʃɪtˌhɛd
softhead
ˈsɒftˌhɛd
Whitehead
ˈwaɪtˌhɛd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MASTHEAD

masters of the universe
masters-at-arms
mastership
mastersinger
masterstroke
masterwork
masterwort
mastery
mastful
masthouse
mastic
mastic tree
masticable
masticate
mastication
masticator
masticatories
masticatory
mastiff

WORDS THAT END LIKE MASTHEAD

against the head
ahead
butthead
forehead
forkhead
Gateshead
get ahead
go ahead
go-ahead
head
head-to-head
hit the nail on the head
Holyhead
jolthead
knock on the head
meathead
on one´s head
read-write head
Spithead
the go-ahead

Synonyms and antonyms of masthead in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «masthead» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MASTHEAD

Find out the translation of masthead to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of masthead from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «masthead» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

报头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cabecera
570 millions of speakers

English

masthead
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मास्टहेड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ترويسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

топовый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mastro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাস্টহেড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tête de mat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Masthead
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Impressum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マストヘッド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마스트 헤드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Masthead
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Anh Ngữ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலையங்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मास्टहेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

direk ucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colombiere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Stopka redakcyjna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

топовий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

catarg
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επικεφαλίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mashoof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

masttopp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mastetoppen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of masthead

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MASTHEAD»

The term «masthead» is very widely used and occupies the 21.239 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MASTHEAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about masthead

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QUOTES WITH «MASTHEAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word masthead.
1
Augusten Burroughs
I was on the cover of a lot of newspapers. I was on the cover of USA Today for every single day for a month. I was on the masthead, so I tend to get recognized a lot, and in weird places. It's always flattering, and it's always odd. It's always at the worst possible time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MASTHEAD»

Discover the use of masthead in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to masthead and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The View from the Masthead: Maritime Imagination and ...
23 The experience of standing in the masthead represents the sailor's struggle to regulate both his working and thinking selves while at sea. The elevation and the solitariness of the sailor's position, combined with what Herman Melville ...
Hester Blum, 2008
2
Microsoft Expression Web For Dummies
The masthead's content area is set to a width of 600 pixels. The next property, padding: 10px, ensures that the masthead content has 10 pixels of elbow room around all sides so that it doesn't butt up against the masthead's border. A dotted  ...
Linda Hefferman, Asha Dornfest, 2011
3
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007: Complete Concepts and ...
Editing the Masthead Most newsletters and brochures contain a masthead similar to those used in newspapers. A masthead is a box or section printed in each issue that lists information, such as the name, publisher, location, volume, and date ...
Gary Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Joy Starks, 2007
4
More Eric Meyer on CSS
We know it should be 43 pixels from the top of the masthead, and that leads to a certain temptation. We could theoretically define an explicit height for the masthead of 43px, give it a bottom border, and let the image masthead.gif overflow the ...
Eric A. Meyer, 2004
5
Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional
As the logo text here is part of the background image, it cannot be made clickable without some complex advanced CSS using coordinates and other dark magic. The Smarter Masthead Let's start again. The firstjob here might be to hide the ...
Simon Collison, 2006
6
Learn the Nautical Rules of the Road: An Expert Guide to the ...
vessel shall be placed in the same position as either the forward masthead light or the after masthead light; provided that, if carried on the aftermast, the lowest after masthead light shall be at least 4.5 metres vertically higher than the forward  ...
Paul Boissier, 2010
7
Farwell's Rules of the Nautical Road
sternlight, mounted as near the stern as practicable, although a power- driven vessel of less than twelve meters in length is allowed by Rule 23(d)(i) to carry an all-round white light in lieu of the masthead and sternlights. A major difference ...
Craig H. Allen, 2005
8
Chapman Piloting & Seamanship
course and the angle can be roughly gauged by the horizontal separation between the lights; see Figure 4-08. Visibility Requirements Masthead lights must have a range of visibility as follows: Boats less than 12 meters (39.2 ft) long— 2 miles; ...
Charles B. Husick, 2009
9
A Guide to the Collision Avoidance Rules
Vertical positioning and spacing of lights (a) On a power-driven vessel of 20 metres or more in length the masthead lights shall be placed as follows: (i) the forward masthead light, or if only one masthead light is carried, then that light, at a ...
Alfred Norman Cockcroft, J. N. F. Lameijer, 2011
10
Navigation Rules: International-inland
When however a masthead light is carried in addition to side-lights and a sternlight or the all-round light prescribed in Rule 23(c)(i) is carried in addition to sidelights, then such masthead light or all-round light shall be carried at least 1 meter ...
U S Coast Guard, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASTHEAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term masthead is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Trademark of 'The Irish Times' could be 'blurred and diluted'
It also wants to restrain Times Newspapers Ltd, promoting or launching a new digital publication with a digital masthead as set out in mock up ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Houston Texans Training Camp Countdown: Expectations For Kevin …
BRB's Masthead discusses. ... the rest of the BRB masthead to get a sense of where expectations lie for all of these wide-eyed young Texans. «Battle Red Blog, Jul 15»
3
Clifton column: Planned Great Basin Observatory gets a $50K boost
Zach is taking on the duties of publisher while his grandfather, the iconic Reno adman Harry Spencer is listed as editor in the paper's masthead ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jul 15»
4
Sailors Angry After Navy Bans Fried Food
He served as a B-52 tailgunner (see insert on the masthead) in Vietnam. Tailgunners were trained to not only protect the plane from the rear ... «Beaufort Observer, Jul 15»
5
Gawker Editors Resign After Gay-Shaming Story Gets Pulled
... Gawker story about a media executive's extra-marital activities is doing serious damage — to the company's morale and masthead. Both the ... «Refinery29, Jul 15»
6
Redesigned Tribune hits newsstands today
Others, like our new-look masthead and revamped teasers, are quite a bit more obvious. Through it all, we attempted to make your Tribune ... «Grand Haven Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Poohsticks crowned winner of third annual Race the Cape regatta
In third was Starfire out of Halifax, a 35-foot masthead sloop skippered by Andrew Boswell. Jennifer Rowe, regatta co-ordinator, said there were ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
8
Artwork makes a provocative statement
The Star masthead appears at the top and an image of the late Nelson Mandela appears at the centre, surrounded by the words: “Is this your ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
9
Geico's 'It's What You Do' Campaign Is in Fair Condition After …
The ad has almost 2.5 million YouTube views, though the vast majority of those came from its prime placement in the YouTube masthead last ... «Adweek, Jul 15»
10
Kim Kardashian on the cover of Rolling Stone? It's the death of rock …
The greats who once stared out from beneath its legendary masthead, every one of them the living embodiment of the surly, anti-establishment ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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