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noun (plural homes) |
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1. residence: the place where a person, family, or household lives
  invited them home
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2. family group: a family or any other group that lives together
Theirs was a happy home, full of love.
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3. birthplace: the place where somebody was born or raised or feels that he or she belongs
Home is New York.
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4. native habitat: the place where an animal is most common or indigenous
home to the grizzly bear
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5. place of origin of something: the place where something originated or is based
the home of basketball
home to the state university
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6. headquarters: the headquarters or main place of operations of an organization, especially a sports team
The team plays at home this weekend.
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7. safe place: a place where a person or animal can find refuge and safety or live in security
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8. place of assistance: an establishment where somebody who is in need of care, rest, or medical attention can stay or find help
My grandmother moved into a home.
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9. comput
Same as homepage
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10. comput starting point of cursor: the starting position of a cursor in an application or text
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11. sports goal: in many games, the place or point that must be hit in order to score or reached in order to be safe from attack
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12. baseball
Same as home plate
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adjective |
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1. domestic: relating to somebody's own home or country
home cooking
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2. of household: for, belonging to, or produced in a dwelling or household
home life
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3. native: happening in or coming from somebody's native territory or permanent base, especially a sports team's own ground
home news
a home game
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4. effective: to the point or central to achieving a goal
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5. principal: relating to or belonging to the headquarters of a business or enterprise
received a directive from home office
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6. sports of team's own venue: relating to or taking place at the stadium, ground, or other venue where a sports team is permanently based
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7. baseball involving home plate: in baseball, occurring at or near home plate
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adverb |
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1. at or to somebody's home: at or to the house, household, or country where somebody lives
He desperately wanted to get home.
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2. effectively: to the point or to a desired goal
criticism that hit home
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3. to center: to the center or heart of something or as far as possible into a desired position
drove the nail home
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verb (past and past participle homed, present participle hom·ing, 3rd person present singular homes) |
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1. intransitive verb go home: to go back to the house, household, or country where you live
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2. intransitive verb return to base: to return home, especially to fly home accurately
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refers to animals and birds
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3. intransitive verb dwell: to have a home and live in it
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dated
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4. transitive verb direct somebody or something home: to take or send somebody or something home
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dated
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5. transitive verb provide somebody or something with home: to give a home to somebody or something
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| [ Old English hām< Germanic] |
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| home·like adjective |
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at home
1. at ease or in a familiar and friendly place
2. having knowledge of or familiarity with a subject or activity
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come or be brought home to somebody to be fully understood and appreciated by somebody
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home alone left alone in a house or apartment when supervision or companionship is required or desired (informal)
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home free with something successfully completed
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take home something to earn a particular amount of money after all deductions, e.g. for tax, have been made
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home or house?
Many consider home an affectation when used anywhere that house would be appropriate, as in Home for Sale. Home is nonetheless useful to express the idea of dwelling places of various sorts, including apartments and condominiums, hogans and huts, and other dwellings that are not accurately described as houses; it can also add a connotation of warmth and security when appropriate. House, in many contexts, suggests a single-family dwelling. For example, if The tornado destroyed 17 homes is meant to convey that 17 residential structures were demolished, the word should have been houses. Most homes in town lost electricity, however, no doubt refers to households of all descriptions, so here homes is the better choice.
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