home
noun
a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
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1 American
[hohm]
/ hoʊm /
noun
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homes
plural
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a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person, family, or household.
- Synonyms:
- domicile, habitation, dwelling, abode
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the place in which one's domestic affections are centered.
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an institution for people who lack stable housing, who are sick or infirm, etc..
a nursing home;
a home for those with dementia.
- Synonyms:
- asylum
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the dwelling place or retreat of an animal.
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the place or region where something is native or most common.
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any place of residence or refuge.
a heavenly home.
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a person's native place or own country.
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a principal base of operations or activities.
The new stadium will be the home of the local football team.
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(in games) the destination or goal.
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Baseball. home plate.
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Lacrosse. one of three attack positions nearest the opposing goal.
adjective
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of, relating to, or connected with one's home or country.
home cooking;
the rising home demand for gasoline.
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principal or main.
the corporation's home office.
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reaching the mark aimed at.
a home thrust.
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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.
adverb
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to, toward, or at home.
to go home.
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deep; to the heart.
The truth of the accusation struck home.
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to the mark or point aimed at.
He drove the point home.
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Nautical.
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into the position desired; perfectly or to the greatest possible extent.
We radioed instructions to the crew, and the huge sails were sheeted home.
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in the proper, stowed position.
The anchor is home.
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toward its vessel.
to bring the anchor home.
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verb (used without object)
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homes,
present (3rd person singular)
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homed,
past participle, past
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homing
present participle
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to navigate toward a point by means of coordinates other than those given by altitudes (often followed byon ).
This clever defensive technology prevented torpedoes from homing on the U-boat.
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to go or return home.
Bees have the ability to learn visual landmarks and use them when foraging and homing.
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to have a home where specified; reside.
God now homes in the hearts of His people.
verb (used with object)
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homes,
present (3rd person singular)
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homed,
past participle, past
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homing
present participle
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to provide with a home.
After being microchipped and fully vaccinated, the puppy was homed with six weeks free insurance.
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Computers.
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to provide (a computer) with a network connection.
Each subscriber must be homed to a node in the network.
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to prepare (a 3D printer) for use by setting the horizontal and vertical limits for positioning the extruder before a printing task.
Do not try to do anything with your printer until you home it.
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to provide a display or storage space for; house: The library homes a wide variety of resources for the avid gardener.
Adding lighting to the unit creates a stunning wall feature to home all your treasured possessions.
The library homes a wide variety of resources for the avid gardener.
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to direct, especially under control of an automatic aiming device, toward an airport, target, etc..
The guidance system homed the missile on a target that was radar-illuminated by the launch aircraft.
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to bring or send home.
verb phrase
idioms
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home and dry, having safely achieved one's goal.
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bring home to, to make evident to; clarify or emphasize for.
The irrevocability of her decision was brought home to her.
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write home about, to comment especially on; remark on (usually used in the negative).
The town was nothing to write home about.
His cooking is really something to write home about.
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at home,
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in one's own house or place of residence.
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in one's own town or country.
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prepared or willing to receive social visits: We are always at home to her.
Tell him I'm not at home.
We are always at home to her.
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in a situation familiar to one; at ease.
She has a way of making everyone feel at home.
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to be at home in the classics.
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played in one's hometown or on one's own grounds.
The Yankees played two games at home and one away.
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home free,
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assured of finishing, accomplishing, succeeding, etc..
If we can finish more than half the work today, we'll be home free.
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certain to be successfully finished, accomplished, secured, etc..
With most of the voters supporting it, the new law is home free.
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Home
2
American
[hyoom]
/ hjum /
noun
home
1
British
/ həʊm /
noun
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the place or a place where one lives
have you no home to go to?
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a house or other dwelling
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a family or other group living in a house or other place
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a person's country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one
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the environment or habitat of a person or animal
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the place where something is invented, founded, or developed
the US is the home of baseball
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a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc
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an informal name for a mental home
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sport one's own ground
the match is at home
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the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports
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an area where a player is safe from attack
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lacrosse
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one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal
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a player assigned to such a position
inside home
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baseball another name for home plate
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informal Britain, esp England
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a place other than one's own home where one can be at ease
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in one's own home or country
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at ease, as if at one's own home
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giving an informal party at one's own home
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such a party
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familiar or conversant with
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Austral. and NZ equivalent: home and hosed. informal definitely safe or successful
we will not be home and dry until the votes have been counted
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concerning one deeply
adjective
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of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc; domestic
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(of an activity) done in one's house
home taping
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effective or deadly
a home thrust
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sport relating to one's own ground
a home game
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central; principal
the company's home office
adverb
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to or at home
I'll be home tomorrow
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to or on the point
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to the fullest extent
hammer the nail home
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(of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper position
the boom is home
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to make clear to
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to place the blame on
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nautical (of an anchor) to fail to hold
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to become absolutely clear to
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informal to be of no particular interest
the film was nothing to write home about
verb
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(intr) (of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance
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to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids
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to send or go home
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to furnish with or have a home
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(intr; often foll by in or in on) to be directed towards a goal, target, etc
Home
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British
/ hjuːm /
noun
home
More Idioms
Usage
See hone in ( def. ).
Synonym Usage
See house.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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homesimple
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homessimple
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have homedperfect
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has homedperfect
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am homingprogressive
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are homingprogressive
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is homingprogressive
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have been homingperfect progressive
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has been homingperfect progressive
Past
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homedsimple
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had homedperfect
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was homingprogressive
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were homingprogressive
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had been homingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of home
First recorded before 900; noun and adverb; Middle English hom, Old English hām; cognate with Dutch heim, Old Norse heimr, Danish hjem, Swedish hem, German Heim “home,” Gothic haims “village”; akin to haunt
Explanation
Home is where you live: your house, apartment, or condo. It's also the place we feel most comfortable, loved, and protected — where we most feel at home. Home is many things to many people. It's the place you live, and the places you love: people might feel at home in a bookstore, a park, or certain cities. Old people live in nursing homes, and baseball players try to reach home plate. Animal shelters find homes for pets. Most people feel safe and happy at home, even if it's not perfect. It’s easy to find somewhere to live, but it’s tough to make a real home.
Example Sentences
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He didn’t think his flight home for Christmas was affordable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Long Beach Police did not respond to questions regarding whether officers fired their weapons when they made entry into the home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Chu said teaching young boys to become men who aren’t afraid to break from the group can start at home, at a young age, with low stakes.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
The house will be built on green belt land which is the garden of a home off Heber's Ghyll Drive, and will be eco-friendly, to an ultra-low energy standard called Passivhaus.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
On the way home, we’re all pretty quiet.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"Yes, soldiers from the Home Guard found videos from the vehicles' sensors stored in their systems," Lieutenant Colonel Per Gunnar Grosberghaugen, Norwegian Home Guard spokesperson, confirmed to AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Home building, which relies on foreign-born workers, is suffering a labor shortage that is freezing projects and raising costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Home purchases often require all cash, and in countries that do offer mortgages to foreign buyers, be prepared to put up to 50% down and pay higher rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Synetal Solutions said: "We provide training and employment assistance and maintain supporting records. Recruitment, sponsorship and visa decisions depend on employers and the Home Office."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
And when she had the Home for the Friendless waiting to offer me a cold, filthy bed?
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
It can generate enough electricity to power about 30 homes.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
But in an ironic twist, part of the parking lot was underwater, a tractor had raised a berm to hold back the ocean, and just to the south, homes were being thrashed by waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Related: U.S. wealth has shifted to stocks from homes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026
Also this week, when you search for homes, you typically see every property for sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Maybe everyone else chose to stay in their air-conditioned homes and watch the World Series game on television.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
The studio has homed multiple productions including Edinburgh set Netflix show Department Q.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Russell began to struggle with his tyres as Antonelli homed in and with five laps to go, the two were nose to tail.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
After the authorities homed in on Grant, Goldberg said, “a light bulb” went off in his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The trial court judge homed in on one factor: Anderson typically spent 5½ months a year from May to mid-October in Greenwich, and 3½ months from November through mid-February in Florida.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
It seemed likely, the way he homed in on me like that, but with the sunglasses on, it was impossible to know.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
"Crocodilians, the largest predators in most tropical, subtropical freshwater and brackish environments, are a unique case when it comes to homing behavior," said behavioral ecologist and Adjunct Associate Professor Ru Somaweera, from Murdoch University.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The company is also homing in on fast-growing sports like Hyrox, offering a training camp for athletes to prepare for competitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
While McLaren's Lando Norris, Mercedes' George Russell and Red Bull's Max Verstappen staged a frantic place-swapping scrap in the opening laps at Silverstone, Antonelli bided his time before homing in on Hamilton at the front.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
“Buyers from around the country — especially Texas, Vegas, Arizona and L.A. — are homing in on Orange County.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
But then Ross Wilcox came homing in on me.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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