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Meaning of home in English
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/ hoʊm /home noun ( HOUSE/APARTMENT )
Add to word list Add to word list A1 [ C or U ] the house , apartment , etc. where you live , especially with your family : The senator has two homes: an apartment in Washington and a house in Colorado . He was living on the streets for three months , and his home was a cardboard box . at home Call me at home after four o'clock. stay at home Some people decide to stay at home and look after their children . leave home He left home (= stopped living with his parents ) when he was 23. set up home UK More and more couples are setting up home together without getting married . [ C ] a house , apartment , etc. when it is considered as property that you can buy or sell : luxury home starter home [ C ] the type of family you come from: happy home We had a happy home. broken home children from a broken home (= from a family in which the parents had separated ) good home C1 [ C ] a place where people or animals live and are cared for by people who are not their relations or owners : a children's home/an old people's home/a dogs ' home in a home He spent his early years in a home. More examples Fewer examples He was shot dead outside his home. Her home is in the east of France. I'd like to wish you every happiness in your new home. Storms caused power cuts in hundreds of homes last night . The police found a vital clue to the girl's disappearance in a wooded area near her home. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Home abode accommodation an Englishman's home is his castle idiom at home back home bolthole doorstep Englishman fold gaff get home get home early get home late humble abode in-home leave home lodging nest non-domestic roof See more results »You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Family: relations in generalhome noun ( ORIGIN )
A1 [ C or U ] someone's or something's place of origin , or the place where a person feels they belong : I live in London, but my home (= where I was born ) is in Greece. feel like home I was actually born in New Zealand, but I've lived in Hong Kong for so long that it feels like home now. More examples Fewer examples Her home is the east of France. After you've gained some experience teaching abroad you can come home and get a job . The advertising campaign will try to hammer home the message that excessive drinking is a health risk . She is riding the fastest horse and is certain to romp home. When one engine stopped , we had to turn round and fly home. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Home abode accommodation an Englishman's home is his castle idiom at home back home bolthole doorstep Englishman fold gaff get home get home early get home late humble abode in-home leave home lodging nest non-domestic roof See more results »home noun ( COUNTRY )
[ C or U ] your own country or your own area : She loves France, but she misses home. at home At home we call this "lardy cake ". back at home UK I wonder what they're doing back at home. at home If a sports team are or play at home, they play on their own sports field : St. Louis suffered a 40–22 loss at home to New England . See more More examples Fewer examples Their performance was nothing to write home about. Thousands of people turned out to welcome the England team home. I stayed in Montreal for two weeks then flew home. The team playing at home had a big advantage . The diplomats have been sent home because their embassy has become a nest of spies and espionage . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation abroad at home birthright citizenship body politic BRICS citizen countrywoman cross-national expatriate internationalism internationalization internationalize internationally multination nation state nationhood native naturalization naturalize overseas See more results »home noun ( BASEBALL )
[ C usually singular ] informal another word for home plate : Garcia rounded third base and ran towards home. When he reached home, all his teammates were there to mob him. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the horn idiom at bat bomb curve grand slam hit a home run hit the ball out of the park idiom hitting coach home stand horsehide sac slogger slow-pitch softball slugger slugging percentage solo stretch See more results »Grammar
House or home ? We use the noun house to refer to a building: …Idioms
be/feel at home home from home make yourself at home home adverb ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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/ hoʊm / at or to your house or the place where you live : be home Don't worry , I'll be home soon . US I'm sorry , he's not home right now. home alone mainly US The kids were home alone . go home She decided to give up and go home. come home He came home as the dawn was breaking . take someone/something home Josh was tired , so we took him home. I took home a couple of books to read . bring someone/something home I'll bring everyone home after the party . get home See you when I get home! get home late When you get home late, you don't feel like cooking . get home early If he gets home early, he walks the dog . make it home I hope you made it home safely last night ? stay home mainly US Some people decide to stay home and care for their children . in or to the country or area where you come from: come home We pray all our troops will come home safely . back home I wonder what they're doing back home. Back home we call this jelly . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Home abode accommodation an Englishman's home is his castle idiom at home back home bolthole doorstep Englishman fold gaff get home get home early get home late humble abode in-home leave home lodging nest non-domestic roof See more results »You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
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be home and dry be home free bring something home (to someone ) come home to someone drive something home home adjective [ before noun ] ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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/ hoʊm /home adjective [before noun] ( RELATING TO HOME )
relating to the house , flat , etc. where someone lives : home ownership A lot of people favour home ownership over renting . home visit They offer eligible pregnant women free home visits from nurses before and after they give birth . home improvements Home improvements can increase the value of your home. home maintenance She struggles to find money for home maintenance . home prices US Estate agents say home prices are down about 5 percent . done at home, or intended to be used at home: home cooking I prefer simple home cooking to fancy food . home computer You can now get groceries delivered to your door via your home computer . What's your home telephone number ? home-brewed beer relating to your family or your life at home: home life His home life is affecting his work . students who have a difficult home situation SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Home abode accommodation an Englishman's home is his castle idiom at home back home bolthole doorstep Englishman fold gaff get home get home early get home late humble abode in-home leave home lodging nest non-domestic roof See more results »home adjective [before noun] ( COUNTRY )
connected with or done in your own country : home country His books were a success in his home country , but failed to find an audience abroad . home market The company should strengthen its position in the home market before it expands overseas . SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation abroad at home birthright citizenship body politic BRICS citizen countrywoman cross-national expatriate internationalism internationalization internationalize internationally multination nation state nationhood native naturalization naturalize overseas See more results »home adjective [before noun] ( SPORTS )
relating to the place where a team is based and plays a lot of its games : home team The home team always has an advantage home side UK The game started badly for the home side . home ground The next match will be at their home ground . home game We play our home games on Sundays . home match UK There's just one home match remaining ; the rest are all away. home advantage (= the improved chance of success that playing at home gives to a team ) the home strip (= clothing worn by a team when they play a home match ) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Competitions, & parts of competitions bathing beauty be a game of two halves idiom beauty contest beauty pageant benefit match bout bowl championship jayvee keirin local derby non-game non-major omnium tournament tourney triple crown ultra vert walkathon See more results » (Definition of home from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)home | American Dictionary
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/ hoʊm /home noun [C/U] ( HOUSE )
Add to word list Add to word list a structure in which a person lives , esp . a house or apartment : [ U ] Phone me at home after four o’clock. [ C ] We have a country home and a city home. A home also refers to the family that lives together there: [ C ] a happy home A home is also a place where a group of people live who need special care : [ C ] a nursing home Your home address is the address of the place where you live .Note:
"House" is the more usual word for a building that one family lives in. The word "home" also refers to the life that goes on in that building.home noun [C/U] ( ORIGIN )
a place of origin , or the place where a person belongs : [ C ] Australia is the home of the kangaroo . [ U ] I’ve lived here for two years , but it still doesn’t feel like home. at home When you are at home in a place or situation , you are comfortable and relaxed there: She’s beginning to feel at home in her new job . Go into the living room and make yourself at home.Idiom
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/ hoʊm /home adjective [not gradable] ( IN HOUSE )
done or made in the place where you live : home cooking For a sports team , home refers to the city or the building or stadium where that team usually plays : a home game home adverb [ not gradable ] usYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
/ hoʊm /home adverb [not gradable] ( TOWARD HOUSE )
to or toward the place where you live : going home (Definition of home from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)home | Business English
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Add to word list Add to word list ECONOMICS relating to your own country , not a foreign country : The company decided it was over-dependent on the home market , and struck out abroad . See also domestic used to describe the place where a company has its main offices or factories : Previously, European airlines could only fly to the US from the carrier's home country . COMMERCE relating to the home, not business : equipment for home use home audio equipment relating to the place where you live : Please send the paperwork to my home address . Home delivery is free if you spend more than £100. home adverb ukYour browser doesn't support HTML5 audio
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take home ( also bring home ) to earn a particular amount of money after tax has been subtracted from your pay : She takes home $3000 per month .See also
at-home in-home take-home noun (Definition of home from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)Examples of home
home Soldiers on leave and veterans returning home undoubtedly passed on their knowledge and experiences to the rest of the population. From the Cambridge English Corpus For the most part, the returning soldiers were welcomed home warmly. From the Cambridge English Corpus A group of 27 older adults in inpatient rehabilitation were interviewed during the programme and after returning home . From the Cambridge English Corpus It is difficult to find a single refugee who thinks that they will be returning home any time in the near future. From the Cambridge English Corpus The government has been reducing home -help services and experimenting with privatisation. From the Cambridge English Corpus The data were collected at home parties, lunchtime breaks, and other private venues. From the Cambridge English Corpus The mediastinal drain is removed on the morning after surgery and the patient is discharged home on the third day. From the Cambridge English Corpus Other studies indicate that the quality of home and work roles intersect in important ways to predict well-being. From the Cambridge English Corpus These limiting factors do not emerge in the accompanying scenario, which presents an unhurried and relatively straightforward assessment of a man living at home . From the Cambridge English Corpus Large private providers may therefore deliver relatively high quality care, but this tends to be standardised across all their homes. From the Cambridge English Corpus The philosophy of these homes is characterized by a very strong emphasis on training the staff. From the Cambridge English Corpus Older infants may be more likely to have moved around to different foster homes and thus to have suffered more disruptions than younger infants. From the Cambridge English Corpus As mentioned above, interrater reliability was checked during 20 home visits with two observers. From the Cambridge English Corpus Sensitivity in the caregiver-infant interaction was assessed by behavior observations within the scope of home visits. From the Cambridge English Corpus She visits their home and, after an hour or so of closely questioning them, is pretty sure her suspicions are accurate. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of home These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Collocations with home
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abandoned home They drive up to a huge abandoned home, break in, and quickly make themselves at home. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. adoptive home Note that age at testing was the sum of age at adoption and time in the adoptive home. From the Cambridge English Corpus ancestral home Moreover, unlike sons, married daughters (even if facing marital harassment) have no residence rights in the ancestral home. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with home What is the pronunciation of home ?Translations of home
in Chinese (Traditional) 房子／公寓, 家，住宅, （作為財產的）房屋，住宅… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 房子／公寓, 家，住宅, （作为财产的）房屋，住宅… See more in Spanish hogar, casa, vivienda… See more in Portuguese lar, casa, asilo… See more in more languages in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Arabic in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian घर, निवासस्थान, कुटुंब… See more 家, 家庭, （老人などの）ホーム… See more ev, mesken, yuva… See more maison [feminine], foyer [masculine], chez-soi [masculine]… See more casa, llar, residència… See more thuis, oorsprongsgebied, tehuis… See more வீடு, அடுக்கு மாடி குடியிருப்பு போன்றவை. நீங்கள் வசிக்கும் இடம், குறிப்பாக உங்கள் குடும்பத்தினருடன்… See more घर, निवास, मकान… See more ઘર, મકાન, કુટુંબ… See more hjem, hjemsted, -hjem… See more hem, hemvist, hemland… See more rumah, tempat asal, berkeluarga… See more die Heimat, das Heim, die Wohnung… See more hjem [neuter], hjemsted [neuter], bosted [neuter]… See more گھر, مکان, آبائی گھر… See more дім, житло, батьківщина… See more дом, семья, приют (для сирот… See more ఇల్లు, అపార్ట్ మెంట్, మొదలైనవి. మీరు నివసించే చోటు… See more بَيْت, بَيْت الرعاية, المنْزِل… See more বাড়ি, ঘর, আবাস… See more domov, vlast, internát… See more tempat tinggal, asal, panti… See more บ้านเกิด, แหล่งกำเนิด, สถานสงเคราะห์… See more nhà, chỗ ở, quê hương… See more dom, dom opieki, do domu… See more (사람들이 함께 사는)집, 주택, 집에… See more casa, casa di riposo, istituto… See more Need a translator?Get a quick, free translation!
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