"HQ" meaning in English

See HQ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} HQ (not comparable)
  1. Initialism of high-quality. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: high-quality
    Sense id: en-HQ-en-adj-aJPVEP7T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 30 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: h.q.

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} HQ
  1. Initialism of HAVE QUICK, a frequency-hopping radio system. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: HAVE QUICK (extra: a frequency-hopping radio system)
    Sense id: en-HQ-en-name-KluKZEwO Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: h.q.

Noun

Forms: HQs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} HQ (countable and uncountable, plural HQs)
  1. Initialism of headquarters. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: headquarters Derived forms: WHQ Translations (Headquarters): QG (for "quartier général") [masculine] (French), mabes (Indonesian), QG [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-HQ-en-noun-XrLQqszA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: h.q.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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