headquartered
headquartered — adjective
1. of a company or organization, having its main office or central operations locat
of a company or organization, having its main office or central operations located in a particular city or country.
The fashion label is headquartered in Milan, with design studios across northern Italy.
be headquartered in [city]
Sari works for a software firm headquartered in Singapore but listed on the New York stock exchange.
noun + headquartered in [country] — postmodifier use
Most major banks in the region are headquartered in Frankfurt or Zurich.
The charity is headquartered in Nairobi and runs clinics in seven East African countries.
Henry's startup is headquartered in a converted warehouse near the harbour.
文法句型
headquartered in [place]
be headquartered in [city/country]
用法筆記
Almost always used in the passive-like 'be headquartered in [place]' frame or as a postmodifier of a company/organization noun. Subject is institutional: companies, banks, charities, agencies, NGOs — not individual people or products.
常見錯誤
headquartered — verb
1. to set up the central offices of an organization in a chosen city or country, of
to set up the central offices of an organization in a chosen city or country, often as a strategic business decision.
The board decided to headquarter the new Asian division in Taipei rather than Hong Kong.
transitive: headquarter [organization] in [city]
Tax breaks encouraged the carmaker to headquarter its European operations in Dublin.
headquarter [operations] in [city]
Liang's law firm chose to headquarter its merger team in London for the duration of the deal.
After the merger, the company will headquarter all research staff in a single Boston campus.
- relocate
to move out from a previous headquarters
文法句型
headquarter [organization] in [place]
be headquartered in [place]
用法筆記
Active transitive use is much rarer than the passive 'be headquartered in'. Distinguish from sense 2: this sense places an organization or division somewhere by external decision (often a board, parent company, or government incentive). Object is typically a company, division, team, or operation.
常見錯誤
2. of a military unit, expedition group, or organization, to establish its own comm
of a military unit, expedition group, or organization, to establish its own command post or working base at a particular place, often temporarily.
The relief team headquartered at an abandoned school until the new field office was ready.
intransitive: headquarter at [venue] — temporary base
During the campaign, the regiment headquartered in a small village near the river.
headquarter in [place] — military/campaign register
Tendai's expedition team headquartered at the old ranger station for the rainy season.
The film crew headquartered in a hotel near the volcano for the entire shoot.
- encamp
stronger military feel; outdoor or tent base
- set up base
everyday phrase; less formal
- billet
specifically about lodging troops in civilian buildings
- decamp
to leave a base or camp
文法句型
headquarter in [place]
headquarter at [venue]
用法筆記
Intransitive — the subject itself (a unit, team, expedition) chooses where to base. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 has an external agent placing the organization; sense 2 has the group placing itself. More common in American English military and journalism than in British English.