home

UK /həʊm/ US /həʊm/

noun 6adv 5name 5adj 4verb 1

Definitions

noun

A dwelling.

And the diſciples went awaye agayne vnto their awne home.

Thither for ease and soft repose we come: / Home is the sacred refuge of our life; / Secured from all approaches, but a wife.

A dwelling.

The rights listed in the UNCRC cover all areas of children's lives such as their right to have a home and their right to be educated.

Does she still live at home? - No, she moved out and got an apartment when she was 18, but she still lives in the city.

A dwelling.

He enter’d in the house—his home no more, / For without hearts there is no home;[…]

A dwelling.

It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home

A dwelling.

a home for outcasts

a home for the blind

verb

To return to its owner.

The dog homed.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign.

home manufactures

That strikes home; direct, pointed.

a home truth

Personal, intimate.

I hardly knew what I answered him, but, by degrees I tranquillised, as I found he forbore distressing me any further, by such Home strokes […].

Relating to the home team (the team at whose venue a game is played).

the home end, home advantage, home supporters

Collocations

(noun.) place where sb/sth lives

ADJ

boyhood, childhood, family, marital, matrimonial, natural, parental

Many adults still receive financial support from their family home.

native

My grandfather still thinks about his native home in Poland even though he left sixty years ago.

permanent, temporary

My family finally found a permanent home after living in apartments for many years.

comfortable, luxurious, luxury

supportive

My parents have always created a supportive home environment where we feel comfortable sharing our problems.

broken

My friend's parents divorced last year, and now he struggles with adjusting to his broken home.

single-parent

Many students at the community center come from single-parent homes and need extra support.

middle-class, working-class, etc.

dream

After years of saving, we finally bought our dream home in the countryside.

detached

rented

council

country, island, mountain, riverside, seaside, suburban, valley, village

My grandparents own a small seaside home where we visit every summer.

holiday, weekend

My grandparents rent a weekend home by the lake where we visit every summer.

caravan, mobile, motor

My grandparents decided to buy a mobile home near the beach for their retirement.

ancestral

stately

The stately home attracted thousands of visitors every summer.

forest

The orangutans lost their forest home when the trees were cut down for farming.

winter

My grandparents always spend their winter home months in Florida to escape the cold weather.

legendary

My grandmother's cooking made our house the legendary home of family gatherings in our neighborhood.

spiritual

For many people, libraries represent their spiritual home, a place where they feel truly at peace.

VERB + HOME

arrive, come, get, go, make your way

After work, I made my way home through the busy streets.

bring sb/sth, take sb/sth

be away from, get away from, leave

She finally got away from home when she started university last year.

abandon

During the war, many families had to abandon their homes and flee to safety.

find (sb/sth), give sb/sth

We finally found a home after searching for six months in the city.

HOME + NOUN

address, number

I've updated my home address on the company system so they can send my paycheck to the right place.

buyer, owner

ownership

purchase

sales

background, conditions, environment, life, situation

Many children struggle in school when their home environment is chaotic and unstable.

area, base, country, district, state, town

territory, turf

He plays much better when he's on his home turf with familiar teammates around him.

improvement, maintenance, repairs

extension

loan

help

An elderly neighbor recently hired a home help to assist with cooking and housework.

appliance

computer

furnishings

contents

We need to list all our home contents before filing an insurance claim.

comforts

After weeks of traveling, he was ready to enjoy his home comforts again.

insurance

security

Installing new locks on all the doors improved our home security considerably.

entertainment

We spent the evening enjoying our new home entertainment setup with the whole family.

use

My parents bought a small printer for home use in their office.

user

Most home users find it easier to store their photos in the cloud.

trial

Sarah decided to take a home trial of the new mattress before buying it.

student, study

Many home students find it easier to learn without classroom distractions.

tutor

work, worker

My sister decided to become a home worker after her baby was born last year.

baking, cooking

My grandmother's home baking always made the kitchen smell wonderful.

nursing

visit

The nurse arrives at 9 a.m. for her regular home visit to check on the elderly patient.

remedy, treatment

My grandmother swears that her home remedy of ginger tea always helps when I have a cold.

PREP

at ~, away from ~

The children felt homesick after spending two weeks away from home at summer camp.

back ~, in your own ~

~ of

Brazil is the home of the world's largest rainforest and many unique animal species.

PHRASES

a home from home

My grandmother's house has always been a home from home for all the cousins.

home-grown

The restaurant sources all its ingredients from local home-grown producers in the region.

home-made

My grandmother always brought home-made jam to family dinners.

on the home front

welcome home

After six months abroad, her family threw a party to welcome her home.

(noun.) place that provides care for sb/sth

ADJ

care, charity, children's, convalescent, foster, nursing, old people's, remand, residential, rest, retirement

purpose-built

The charity constructed a purpose-built home for elderly people in the community.

VERB + HOME

provide (sb with)

The charity works to provide homeless families with a safe home.

run

My parents run a home for abandoned dogs in our neighborhood.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — housing that someone is living in

noun — (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter

plate

noun — a social unit living together

noun — the place where you are stationed and from which missions st

base

noun — where you live at a particular time

place

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

home away from home

A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home.

I stayed in a lot of hotels in New York with the Dead and with Jerry's band, but the Navarro, more than any other, became our home away from home.

until the cows come home

For a very long period of time.

You can crank the engine until the cows come home, but it won’t start without fuel.

hit home

To be especially memorable, meaningful, or significant; to be fully understood, believed or appreciated.

Do you think the message really hit home with him?

nothing to write home about

Not exceptional; not noteworthy or especially good.

The vegetables were okay, but the soup was nothing to write home about.

come home to roost

To have negative consequences (of an action in the past).

At some point, he warned, sentiment among foreign investors could turn against America's deteriorating fundamentals, triggering a sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks and bonds that would

Example Bank

And the diſciples went awaye agayne vnto their awne home.

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Thither for ease and soft repose we come: / Home is the sacred refuge of our life; / Secured from all approaches, but a wife.

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Home! home! sweet, sweet home! / There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home.

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The dog homed.

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home manufactures

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a home truth

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, home is marked as archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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