Home - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |həʊm|  American pronunciation of the word home
Brit.  |həʊm|  British pronunciation of the word home

noun

- where you live at a particular time (syn: place)
deliver the package to my home
he doesn't have a home to go to
- housing that someone is living in (syn: abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation)
they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
- the country or state or city where you live
Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home
his home is New Jersey
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score (syn: plate)
he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end (syn: base)
- place where something began and flourished
the United States is the home of basketball
- an environment offering affection and security
home is where the heart is
he grew up in a good Christian home
there's no place like home
- a social unit living together (syn: family, house, household, menage)
the teacher asked how many people made up his home
- an institution where people are cared for
a home for the elderly

verb

- provide with, or send to, a home
- return home accurately from a long distance

adjective

- inside the country (syn: interior, internal, national)

adverb

- at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
He stays home on weekends
after the game the children brought friends home for supper
I'll be home tomorrow
came riding home in style
I hope you will come home for Christmas
I'll take her home
don't forget to write home
- on or to the point aimed at
the arrow struck home
- to the fullest extent; to the heart
drove the nail home
drove his point home
his comments hit home

Extra examples

Right now his home is a small apartment.

People are concerned about protecting their homes.

They have a second home on the lake.

There's no place like home.

I must have left my notes at home.

She made a good home for her husband and children.

The islands are home to many species of birds.

Can you find homes for these files in your office?

She called home to say she would be late for dinner.

He's sending money home from a job overseas.

She is on her way home.

It's great to be back home.

I can't wait to come home.

He used a hammer to drive the nail home.

She has a happy home life.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: home
he/she/it: homes
present participle: homing
past tense: homed
past participle: homed
noun
singular: home
plural: homes
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