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homecoming

ho·me·co·ming

US/ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/ fairly common us

noun

1.

an annual school or university reunion for graduates

2.

a coming to or returning home

  • “on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party”
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Origin

From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home + coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”).

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