Usually means: Headquarters, central location for operations.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word hq:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. HQ: Merriam-Webster
  2. HQ: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. HQ: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. HQ, h.q: Collins English Dictionary
  5. HQ: Vocabulary.com
  6. HQ, Hq, hq, hQ, hQ: Wordnik
  7. HQ, hq: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. HQ, h.q: Wiktionary
  9. HQ: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. HQ: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. H.Q: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. HQ, h.q: Dictionary.com
  13. HQ (album), HQ (game), HQ, Hq: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Hq: Rhymezone
  15. HQ: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. hq: FreeDictionary.org
  17. hq: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. HQ: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. hq: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  20. HQ: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. HQ: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. HQ: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hq: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. HQ, hq: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. HQ: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  2. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (HQ)

▸ noun:  Initialism of headquarters. [The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff.]
▸ adjective:  Initialism of high-quality. [Of very good quality; superior.]
▸ noun:  Initialism of HAVE QUICK, a frequency-hopping radio system.

Similar:
headquarters, military headquarters, aide, armory, Atlanta, base, CIA, Geneva, GPO, lair, more...

Opposite:
branch, subsidiary, outpost, satellite

Phrases:
hq 9, jtf hq, doe hq, Ace of Spades HQ, Decision Desk HQ, more...

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Similar:
headquarters, military headquarters, aide, armory, Atlanta, base, CIA, Geneva, GPO, lair, more...

Opposite:
branch, subsidiary, outpost, satellite

Phrases:
hq 9, jtf hq, doe hq, Ace of Spades HQ, Decision Desk HQ, Holden HQ, Lightning Force HQ, International Volunteer HQ, CBS Sports HQ, diplomatic hq in nyc, sports governing body with hq in zurich, more...



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