home (həʊm
)
Definitions
noun
- the place or a place where one lives ⇒
have you no home to go to?
- a house or other dwelling
- a family or other group living in a house or other place
- a person's country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one
- the environment or habitat of a person or animal
- the place where something is invented, founded, or developed ⇒
the US is the home of baseball
- a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc
- an informal name for a mental home
- sport one's own ground ⇒
the match is at home
- the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports
- an area where a player is safe from attack
- lacrosse
- one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal
- a player assigned to such a position ⇒
inside home
- baseball another name for home plate
- New Zealand informal obsolete Britain, esp England
- See a home from home
- See at home
- See at home in
- See home and dry
- See near home
adjective (usually prenominal)
- of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc; domestic
- (of an activity) done in one's house ⇒
home taping
- effective or deadly ⇒
a home thrust
- sport relating to one's own ground ⇒
a home game
- US central; principal ⇒
the company's home office
adverb
- to or at home ⇒
I'll be home tomorrow
- to or on the point
- to the fullest extent ⇒
hammer the nail home
- (of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper position ⇒
the boom is home
- See bring home to
- See come home
- See come home to
- See nothing to write home about
verb
- (intr) (of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance
- on or onto to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids
- to send or go home
- to furnish with or have a home
- (intr; often foll by in or in on) to be directed towards a goal, target, etc
Alternative Forms
ˈhomeˌlike adjectiveWord Origin
Old English hām; related to Old Norse heimr, Gothic haims, Old High German heim, Dutch heem, Greek kōmi villageSynonyms
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territory,
environment,
habitat,
range,
element,
haunt,
home ground,
abode,
habitation,
stamping ground,
hearth,
fireside,
Quotations
"Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.Home, home, sweet, sweet home!There's no place like home! There's no place like home!"
"Home is where the heart is"
"Home is the place where, when you have to go there,They have to take you in"
"East, west, home's best"
"An Englishman's home is his castle"
Translations
- British English:
home
Home means to or at the place where you live.She wanted to go home.həʊm ADVERB She wanted to go home.
- Spanish: a casa adv
- French:
à la maison
adv
- German:
heim
adv
- Chinese: 回家 adv
- Arabic: بِالبَيْتِ adv
- Portuguese: para casa adv
- Russian: домой adv
- Croatian: kući adv
- Czech: doma adv
- Danish: hjem adv
- Dutch: thuis adv
- Finnish: kotona adv
- Greek: στο σπίτι adv
- Italian: in casa adv
- Japanese: 我が家へ adv
- Korean: 집에 adv
- Norwegian: hjem adv
- Polish: do domu adv
- Brazilian Portuguese: para casa adv
- European Spanish: a casa adv
- Swedish: hem adv
- Thai: ที่บ้าน adv
- Turkish: evde adv
- Vietnamese: ở nhà adv
- British English:
home
Your home is the place where you live.We stayed at home and watched TV.həʊm NOUN We stayed at home and watched TV.
- Spanish:
hogar
nm
- French:
maison
nf
- German:
Zuhause
nnt
- Chinese: 家 n
- Arabic: بَيْت n
- Portuguese: lar nm
- Russian: дом nm
- Croatian: dom nm
- Czech: domov nm
- Danish: hjem nnt
- Dutch: thuis nnt
- Finnish: koti n
- Greek: σπίτι nnt
- Italian: casa nf
- Japanese: 自宅 n
- Korean: 집 n
- Norwegian: hjem nnt
- Polish: dom nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: lar nm
- European Spanish:
hogar
nm
- Swedish: hem nnt
- Thai: บ้าน n
- Turkish: ev n
- Vietnamese: nhà n
Usage examples
I'd rather come home quietly -' There was her own long pause; then she said quietly,'I understand.
, YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)I have put both English and French varieties to the test by planting them at home , which is east of York.
Country Life (2004)Because of that failure the patients who should be at home or recovering in a community hospital are occupying acute hospital beds.
Irish Times (2002)I had left home at 18 to spend many hours in the theatre understudying people.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Under Governor Hunter, he became a magistrate, receiving grants of land and building a family home at Windsor.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)