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Meaning of home in English
Pronunciation
/hoʊm/
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Verb
home
Definitions
1.
provide with, or send to, a home
2.
return home accurately from a long distance
Examples
« homing pigeons »
Adverb
home
Definitions
1.
at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
Examples
« 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
home
Etymology
Old English hām, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch heem and German Heim
Definitions
1.
where you live at a particular time
Examples
« deliver the package to my home »
« he doesn't have a home to go to »
« your place or mine? »
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 »
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
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
home
Definitions
1.
relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
Examples
« my home town »