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UK/ˈhjuːm/ US/hoʊm/ very common informal uk

noun

1.

where you live at a particular time

  • “deliver the package to my home”
  • “he doesn”
  • “;”
Synonyms
2.

housing that someone is living in

  • “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

  • “Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home”
  • “his home is New Jersey”
4.

an environment offering affection and security

  • “home is where the heart is”
  • “he grew up in a good Christian home”
  • “there”
5.

an institution where people are cared for

  • “a home for the elderly”
6.

the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

Synonyms
7.

a social unit living together

  • “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; 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

  • “the United States is the home of basketball”

adverb

1.

at or to or in the direction of one''s home or family

  • “He stays home on weekends”
  • “after the game the children brought friends home for supper”
  • “I”
  • “;”
  • “;”
  • “;”
2.

on or to the point aimed at

  • “the arrow struck home”
3.

to the fullest extent; to the heart

  • “drove the nail home”
  • “drove his point home”
  • “his comments hit home”

adjective

1.

used of your own ground

  • “a home game”
Antonyms
2.

relating to or being where one lives or where one''s roots are

  • “my home town”
3.

inside the country

  • “the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior”
  • “the nation”

verb

1.

provide with, or send to, a home

2.

return home accurately from a long distance

  • “homing pigeons”

Origin

From Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from the root *tḱey-. Doublet of heyem. Cognates Cognate with Scots hame (“home”), Yola haime, hime, hyme (“home”), Saterland Frisian Heem (“home”), Alemannic German haim, hei, heim, hemmu (“home”), Bavarian hama, hame (“home”), Cimbrian hòam, huam (“home”), Dutch heem, heim (“home”), German Heim (“home”), Limburgish heim, Héïm (“home”), Luxembourgish Heem (“home”), Mòcheno hoa'm (“home”), Vilamovian ham, hām, haom (“home”), Yiddish היים (heym, “home”), Danish hjem (“home”), Faroese, Icelandic heim (“home”), heimur (“world”), Norwegian Bokmål heim, hjem (“home”), Norwegian Nynorsk heim (“home”), Swedish hem (“home”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims, “village”), Irish caoimh (“dear”), Lithuanian kaimas (“village”), šeima (“family”), Albanian komb (“nation, people”), Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (kittari, “it lies”), Ancient Greek κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie down”), Latin civis (“citizen”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬈 (saēte, “he lies, rests”), Sanskrit...

Phrases

  • a house is not a home Terms derived from home (noun)
  • a man's home is his castle Terms derived from home (noun)
  • America at home Terms derived from home (noun)
  • an Englishman's home is his castle Terms derived from home (noun)
  • at home Terms derived from home (noun)
  • at-home card Terms derived from home (noun)
  • away from home Terms derived from home (noun)
  • back home Terms derived from home (noun)
  • be home Terms derived from the adverb home
  • bring home Terms derived from the adverb home
  • come home Terms derived from the adverb home
  • drive home Terms derived from the adverb home

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