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We don't think only men can be powerful and strong. Behind the heads of the Mafia, the leaders of culture, there are always very strong women. European culture is a matriarchy, especially in the south. The women have a lot of power.
Stefano Gabbana

Meaning of "the heads" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE HEADS

the heads play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE HEADS

the haves and have-nots
the heat
the heathen
the heavens opened
the heaves
the heavies
the Hebrides
the heebie-jeebies
the hell
the hereafter
the heretofore
the Hermitage
the high country
the high ground
the high jump
the High Renaissance
the High Street
the Highlands
the highveld
the hills

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE HEADS

at loggerheads
Baily´s beads
beads
count one´s beads
hardheads
heads
jump leads
loggerheads
Meads
overheads
prayer beads
saffron threads
threads
turn heads
worry beads

Synonyms and antonyms of the heads in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the heads» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE HEADS

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

las cabezas
570 millions of speakers

English

the heads
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رؤساء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

руководители
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

as cabeças
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাথা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

les têtes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepala
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Köpfe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

머리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing kepala
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Thủ trưởng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डोक्यावर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kafa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

le teste
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szefowie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

керівники
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șefii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οι αρχηγοί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die hoofde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huvudena
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hodene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the heads

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE HEADS»

The term «the heads» is very widely used and occupies the 22.873 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE HEADS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the heads» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the heads» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE HEADS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the heads.
1
Pierre Bourdieu
Television enjoys a de facto monopoly on what goes into the heads of a significant part of the population and what they think.
2
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
3
Emanuel Cleaver
Community colleges need to be upgraded. We got to have training for real jobs. We've got a lot of jobs that are going unfilled because we don't have the technology in the heads of graduating college students to deal with them.
4
Dinesh D'Souza
Blacks' problems lie not in the heads of white people but rather in the wasted and incompletely fulfilled lives of too many black people.
5
Trick Daddy
If I was in office, I'd get together all the chiefs and all the heads and chiefs of staffs of all the countries and explain to them like, 'This is how it's going to be. We need y'all oil and water. Y'all need our money and technology. Now, what y'all gon' do?'
6
Richard Eyre
Waiters are like actors waiting in the wings, bantering whenever we passed each other on the restaurant floor, shouting at each other backstage in the kitchen and winking and corpsing above the heads of our audience, the unsuspecting customers.
7
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making.
8
Stefano Gabbana
We don't think only men can be powerful and strong. Behind the heads of the Mafia, the leaders of culture, there are always very strong women. European culture is a matriarchy, especially in the south. The women have a lot of power.
9
Tom Hodgkinson
One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It was a revelation when the principle was explained to me: that flowers are the attempt by the plant to reproduce itself. So if you cut the heads off before the flower turns into seeds, the plant will continue to flower.
10
Ellsworth Huntington
After washing there was no place to pour the water except out of the window onto the heads of the people in the streets, which is the proper place to throw everything that is not wanted.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE HEADS»

Discover the use of the heads in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the heads and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Heads-up on Sport Concussion
This book is focused and authoritative in its treatment of a poorly understood medical problem.
Gary S. Solomon, Karen M. Johnston, Mark R. Lovell, 2006
2
The Night the Heads Came
Refusing to believe in aliens until the night he and his friend Tim are abducted, Leo awakens to find that Tim has disappeared, and no one will believe his story. Reprint.
William Sleator, 1998
3
The Heads of Religious Houses: England and Wales, III. 1377-1540
This final volume of the Heads of Religious Houses series takes the lists from 1377 to 1540.
David Knowles, David M. Smith, 2008
4
Mesozoic Birds: Above the Heads of Dinosaurs
""Mesozoic Birds" is the first book to bring together world-renowned specialists on fossil birds and their importance to avian origins and, more importantly, it stresses a unified approach (cladistics) and presents the most anatomically ...
Luis M. Chiappe, Lawrence M. Witmer, 2002
5
The heads of religious houses, England and Wales, 940-1216
INDEX. OF. HEADS. This index is solely a list of heads, the information being kept to a minimum for convenience in use. The order is based on Christian names, with abbots before priors, abbesses before prioresses, and in alphabetical order ...
David Knowles, Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke, Vera C. M. London, 1972
6
David Vizard's How to Port and Flow Test Cylinder Heads:
Author Vizard explains how the enthusiast needs to shape the combustion chambers and smooth out ports for maximum performance.
David Vizard, 2012
7
Superpowers: The Heads of Horror
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the strongest boy in the world?
Alex Cliff, 2007
8
The Heads of Cerberus
" --Damon Knight, "In Search of Wonder" First published in the fabulously rare pulp magazine "The Thrill Book" in 1919, this masterful blend of time-travel fantasy, alternate realities, and social satire propels early 20th century ...
Francis Stevens, 2013
9
The Human Division #3: We Only Need the Heads
The third episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War.
John Scalzi, 2013
10
Reports of the Heads of Depts., Transmitted to the Governor ...
Pennsylvania. mission and instruction, either in person, or by parent, guardian or nest friend." Here the term " education" does not mean a sitting or standing room in a school house ; but it unquestionably imports proper and sufficient ...
Pennsylvania, 1856

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE HEADS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the heads is used in the context of the following news items.
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This Groundbreaking 'Frankenstein' Surgery Will Literally Make Your …
Here's something that will make your head spin: A Chinese doctor has been surgically transplanting the heads of mice—and he eventually wants to perform ... «TIME, Jun 15»
2
Biden heads to Iowa, fueling 2016 speculation
And one close supporter told CNN that some in his loyal circle of friends and advisers in Iowa got the heads up about Biden's visit before the Des Moines ... «CNN, Feb 15»

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