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| 1. | [ noun ] where you live at a particular time | |
| Synonyms: | place | |
| Examples: | "deliver the package to my home" "he doesn't have a home to go to" "your place or mine?" |
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| Related terms: | residence home_away_from_home place | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (housing) housing that someone is living in | |
| Synonyms: | dwelling dwelling_house abode habitation domicile | |
| Examples: | "he built a modest dwelling near the pond" "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" |
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| Related terms: | housing house parsonage row_house hearth semi-detached_house messuage lodge hermitage vacation_home homestead yurt cliff_dwelling condominium fixer-upper lake_dwelling kitchen bedroom living_room dressing_room bathroom dining_room family_room den | |
| 3. | [ noun ] 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" |
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| Related terms: | location | |
| 4. | [ adverb ] at or to or in the direction of one's home or family | |
| Examples: | "He stays home on weekends" "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" |
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| 5. | [ noun ] 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" |
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| Related terms: | environment | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (housing) an institution where people are cared for | |
| Synonyms: | rest_home nursing_home | |
| Examples: | "a home for the elderly" |
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| Related terms: | institution | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | |
| Synonyms: | base | |
| Related terms: | location station | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | |
| Synonyms: | plate home_plate home_base | |
| Examples: | "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" |
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| Related terms: | base baseball | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] (sport) used of your own ground | |
| Examples: | "a home game" |
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| Related terms: | away sport | |
| 10. | [ noun ] place where something began and flourished | |
| Examples: | "the United States is the home of basketball" |
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| Related terms: | beginning | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are | |
| Examples: | "my home town" |
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| 12. | [ adverb ] on or to the point aimed at | |
| Examples: | "the arrow struck home" |
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| 13. | [ noun ] (housing) a social unit living together | |
| Synonyms: | family house household menage | |
| 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" |
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| Related terms: | unit foster_home extended_family menage_a_trois foster_family nuclear_family | |
| 14. | [ adverb ] to the fullest extent; to the heart | |
| Examples: | "drove the nail home" "drove his point home" "his comments hit home" |
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| 15. | [ verb ] (housing) provide with, or send to, a home | |
| Related terms: | house dwelling | |
| 16. | [ adjective ] relating to or taking place in a home or house or household | |
| Examples: | "home cooking" "home furnishings" "home care for the elderly" |
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| Related terms: | domestic | |
| 17. | [ adjective ] having controlling authority; where important decisions are made | |
| Examples: | "home base" "home office" |
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| Related terms: | central base | |
| 18. | [ adjective ] inside the country | |
| Synonyms: | national internal interior | |
| Examples: | "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior" "the nation's internal politics" |
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| Related terms: | domestic | |
| 19. | [ verb ] return home accurately from a long distance, as of some birds | |
| Examples: | "homing pigeons" |
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| Related terms: | return | |
| Similar spelling: |
Homme homey Hom hone Howen honey Honea Hoehn Hoehne Hon ho-hum Honn homy homo Hohn |
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