Meaning of home in English
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Pronunciation
/hoʊm/US accent
UK accent
to browse different examples of pronunciation.Verb
homeDefinitions
1. provide with, or send to, a homeDerived terms
- 2. return home accurately from a long distance
Examples
- « homing pigeons »
Derived terms
Adverb
homeDefinitions
1. at or to or in the direction of one's home or familyExamples
- « 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 tak »
- 2. on or to the point aimed at
Examples
- « the arrow struck home »
- 3. to the fullest extent
Examples
- « to the heart »
- « drove the nail home »
- « drove his point home »
- « his comments hit home »
Noun
homeEtymology
Old English hām, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heem and German HeimDefinitions
1. where you live at a particular timeExamples
- « deliver the package to my home »
- « he doesn't have a home to go to »
- « your place or mine? »
Derived terms
- 2. housing that someone is living in
Examples
- « he built a modest dwelling near the pond »
- « they raise money to provide homes for the homeless »
Derived terms
- 3. the country or state or city where you live
Examples
- « Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home »
- « his home is New Jersey »
- 4. an environment offering affection and security
Examples
- « home is where the heart is »
- « he grew up in a good Christian home »
- « there's no place like home »
- 5. an institution where people are cared for
Examples
- « a home for the elderly »
- 6. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
Derived terms
- 7. a social unit living together
Examples
- « he moved his family to Virginia »
- « It was a good Christian household »
- « I waited until the whole house was asleep »
- « the teacher asked how many people made up his home »
- 8. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
Examples
- « it must be touched by a base runner in order to score »
- « he ruled that the runner failed to touch home »
- 9. place where something began and flourished
Examples
- « the United States is the home of basketball »
Qualitative Adjective
homeDefinitions
1. relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots areExamples
- « my home town »
Famous quotes
- « But for me, I thought you made a record, you got on a bus, went out and played your shows and made a lot of money. That was the way it was supposed to go down. But there's a lot more to it than that. There are a lot of early mornings, late nights, a lot of traveling, a lot of being away from home, being away from your family. » Jason Aldean
- « You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully. » Phil McGraw
- « Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesn't always go with everything else in the house. » Jean Kerr
- « My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost. » Richard Branson
- « You know, if you're Guy Kawasaki and you create a car that gets 500 miles a gallon with zero emissions, people on the Internet would say: 'I could have done that in half an hour, and it's been done before. What's the big deal? I expected something more from him.' Meanwhile, they didn't do it, right? They're still living at home with their mothers. » Guy Kawasaki