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home

[ hohm ]

/ hoʊm /

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noun

a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.

the place in which one's domestic affections are centered.

an institution for the homeless, sick, etc.: a nursing home.

the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.

the place or region where something is native or most common.

any place of residence or refuge: a heavenly home.

a person's native place or own country.

(in games) the destination or goal.

a principal base of operations or activities: The new stadium will be the home of the local football team.

Baseball. home plate.

Lacrosse. one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal.

adjective

of, relating to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products.

principal or main: the corporation's home office.

reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust.

Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season.Compare away (def. 11).

adverb

to, toward, or at home: to go home.

deep; to the heart: The truth of the accusation struck home.

to the mark or point aimed at: He drove the point home.

Nautical.

into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent: sails sheeted home.
in the proper, stowed position:The anchor is home.
toward its vessel: to bring the anchor home.

verb (used without object), homed, hom·ing.

to go or return home.

to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes.

to have a home where specified; reside.

verb (used with object), homed, hom·ing.

to bring or send home.

to provide with a home.

to direct, especially under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc.

Verb Phrases

home in on,

(of guided missiles, aircraft, etc.) to proceed, especially under control of an automatic aiming mechanism, toward a specified target, as a plane, missile, or location: The bomb homed in on the bridge.
to direct one’s attention or energies toward: The committee quickly homed in on the relevant details.

SYNONYMS FOR home

1 abode, dwelling, habitation; domicile.

2 hearth, fireside.

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Idioms for home

at home,

in one's own house or place of residence.
in one's own town or country.
prepared or willing to receive social visits: Tell him I'm not at home. We are always at home to her.
in a situation familiar to one; at ease: She has a way of making everyone feel at home.
well-informed; proficient: to be at home in the classics.
played in one's hometown or on one's own grounds: The Yankees played two games at home and one away.

bring home to, to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for: The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her.

home and dry, British Informal. having safely achieved one's goal.

home free,

assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc.: If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free.
certain to be successfully finished, accomplished, secured, etc.: With most of the voters supporting it, the new law is home free.

write home about, to comment especially on; remark on: The town was nothing to write home about. His cooking is really something to write home about.

Origin of home

First recorded before 900; Middle English hom, Old English hām (noun and adverb); cognate with Dutch heim, Old Norse heimr, Danish hjem, Swedish hem, German Heim “home,” Gothic haims “village”; akin to haunt

synonym study for home

1. See house.

OTHER WORDS FROM home

min·i·home, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH home

home , house (see synonym study at house)

Words nearby home

Homans' sign, homatropine, homaxial, hombre, homburg, home, home aid, home-alone, home automation, home banking, home base

Definition for home (2 of 2)

Home

[ hyoom ]

/ hyum /

noun

Lord. Douglas-Home.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Example sentences from the Web for home

She was greeted by dozens of onlookers on the street outside the home.
Election live updates: Trump returns to Wisconsin; Biden to face live audience at town hall|Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner|September 17, 2020|Washington Post
Moreno on Wednesday night told the Washington Blade that he is at his home and safe.
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We’re able to build the script in our own home by ourselves.
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Streaming watch parties have outlasted states’ shelter-at-home orders.
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Harris did best in vote-rich New Castle County, winning 37 percent of the vote there, and ran strongest near Newark, home to the University of Delaware.
The Trailer: The First State goes last|David Weigel|September 15, 2020|Washington Post
That officer fretting about his “stance,” we learn, is plagued by PTSD that cripples him both on the job and at home.
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So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.
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Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
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The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.
The Price of Steve Scalise’s Silence|Jason Berry|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.
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It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. Haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.
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In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
I've never had time to write home about it, for I felt that it required a dissertation in itself to do it justice.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Now and then the boy who had bought Squinty, and who was taking him home, would look around at his pet in the slatted box.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
"I suppose the man Alessandro has something he calls a home," said the Senora, regaining herself a little.
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British Dictionary definitions for home (1 of 2)

home

/ (həʊm) /

noun

the place or a place where one liveshave you no home to go to?

a house or other dwelling

a family or other group living in a house or other place

a person's country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one

the environment or habitat of a person or animal

the place where something is invented, founded, or developedthe US is the home of baseball

a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc
an informal name for a mental home

sport one's own groundthe match is at home

the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports
an area where a player is safe from attack

lacrosse

one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal
a player assigned to such a positioninside home

baseball another name for home plate

NZ informal, obsolete Britain, esp England

a home from home a place other than one's own home where one can be at ease

at home

in one's own home or country
at ease, as if at one's own home
giving an informal party at one's own home
British such a party

at home in, at home on or at home with familiar or conversant with

home and dry British informal definitely safe or successfulwe will not be home and dry until the votes have been counted Austral. and NZ equivalent: home and hosed

near home concerning one deeply

adjective (usually prenominal)

of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc; domestic

(of an activity) done in one's househome taping

effective or deadlya home thrust

sport relating to one's own grounda home game

US central; principalthe company's home office

adverb

to or at homeI'll be home tomorrow

to or on the point

to the fullest extenthammer the nail home

(of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper positionthe boom is home

bring home to

to make clear to
to place the blame on

come home nautical (of an anchor) to fail to hold

come home to to become absolutely clear to

nothing to write home about informal to be of no particular interestthe film was nothing to write home about

verb

(intr) (of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance

(often foll by on or onto) to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids

to send or go home

to furnish with or have a home

(intr; often foll by in or in on) to be directed towards a goal, target, etc

Derived forms of home

homelike, adjective

Word Origin for home

Old English hām; related to Old Norse heimr, Gothic haims, Old High German heim, Dutch heem, Greek kōmi village

British Dictionary definitions for home (2 of 2)

Home

/ (hjuːm) /

noun

Baron See Home of the Hirsel

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with home

home

In addition to the idioms beginning with home

home free
home in on
home run
home truth

also see:

at home
bring home
bring home the bacon
chickens come home to roost
close to home

Drive Homeeat someone out of house and homemake oneself at homenobody homenothing to write home abouttill the cows come home.

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