heading

IPA: hˈɛdɪŋ

The title or topic of a document, article, chapter, or of a section thereof.
(nautical and aeronautical) The direction into which a seagoing or airborne vessel's bow is pointing (apparent heading) and/or the direction into which it is actually moving relative to the ground (true heading)
Material for the heads of casks, barrels, etc.
(mining) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine, particularly one driving through a solid body of coal or ore; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. Synonym:roadway.
(sewing) The extension of a line ruffling above the line of stitch.
(masonry) The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
(flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard.

Examples of "heading" in Sentences

For the first time in F1 history, four drivers were in contention for the title heading into the last GP, with Mr. Hamilton finishing 16 points behind Mr. Vettel in fourth overall.
After beating its first three Little League World Series opponents by a combined score of 46-1, the Taiwanese team is a favorite to win the title heading into its semifinal Saturday against Tokyo.
Sunday will mark the first time since the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship format began in 2004 that Johnson won't be eligible to win the title heading into the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
This season's standings—in which Vettel has a 58-point lead on second-place Lewis Hamilton—have thus become the antithesis of last year's, when four drivers had a shot at the title heading into the season's final race.
"In the coming 10 years, the inflation rate will most probably stay very low; current expectations are for around 1.8 percent," he told the mass-selling Bild am Sonntag newspaper, in one of the final interviews of his term heading the ECB.