Definition of Home in English :
Define Home in English
Home meaning in English
Meaning of Home in English
Pronunciation of Home in English
Home pronunciation in English
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Home
see synonyms of homeNoun
1. home, place
where you live at a particular time
Example Sentences:'deliver the package to my home''he doesn't have a home to go to''your place or mine?'
2. abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home
housing that someone is living in
Example Sentences:'he built a modest dwelling near the pond''they raise money to provide homes for the homeless'
3. home
the country or state or city where you live
Example Sentences:'Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home''his home is New Jersey'
4. home, home base, home plate, plate
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
Example Sentences:'he ruled that the runner failed to touch home'
6. home
place where something began and flourished
Example Sentences:'the United States is the home of basketball'
7. home
an environment offering affection and security
Example Sentences:'home is where the heart is''he grew up in a good Christian home''there's no place like home'
8. family, home, house, household, menage
a social unit living together
Example Sentences:'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'
9. home, nursing home, rest home
an institution where people are cared for
Example Sentences:'a home for the elderly'
Verb
10. home
provide with, or send to, a home
11. home
return home accurately from a long distance
Example Sentences:'homing pigeons'
Adjective
12. home
used of your own ground
Example Sentences:'a home game'
13. home
relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
Example Sentences:'my home town'
14. home, interior, internal, national
inside the country
Example Sentences:'the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior''the nation's internal politics'
Adverb
15. home
at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
Example Sentences:'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'
16. home
on or to the point aimed at
Example Sentences:'the arrow struck home'
17. home
to the fullest extent; to the heart
Example Sentences:'drove the nail home''drove his point home''his comments hit home'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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see synonyms of homeThe American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.