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UK
/hˈəʊm/
]
[ US /ˈhoʊm/ ]
[ US /ˈhoʊm/ ]
ADVERB
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to the fullest extent; to the heart
drove his point home
drove the nail home
his comments hit home -
at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
after the game the children brought friends home for supper
came riding home in style
don't forget to write home
He stays home on weekends
I hope you will come home for Christmas
I'll be home tomorrow
I'll take her home -
on or to the point aimed at
the arrow struck home
NOUN
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an institution where people are cared for
a home for the elderly -
(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 -
place where something began and flourished
the United States is the home of basketball -
a social unit living together
the family refused to accept his will
I waited until the whole house was asleep
the teacher asked how many people made up his home
he moved his family to Virginia
It was a good Christian household -
where you live at a particular time
your place or mine?
he doesn't have a home to go to
deliver the package to my home - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
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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 -
housing that someone is living in
they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
he built a modest dwelling near the pond -
an environment offering affection and security
he grew up in a good Christian home
there's no place like home
home is where the heart is
ADJECTIVE
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used of your own ground
a home game -
relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
my home town -
inside the country
the nation's internal politics
the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior
VERB
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return home accurately from a long distance
homing pigeons - provide with, or send to, a home
How To Use home In A Sentence
- Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- It got so bad that 12 patrolmen and two police dogs were kept on duty outside the home for several days.
- Watching celebs suffer from hunger and lack of home comforts is somehow really entertaining. The Sun
- To supplement his income, he taught private voice lessons in his home and sang in a church choir.
- Druses were common throughout the mesophyll tissues, and peltate, glandular trichomes were present on both epidermises.
- The popular beauty spot is home to a variety of wildlife including birds and types of bats.
- A few billion of that new economic rescue plan will go to weatherize one million homes a year.
- The house was a semi-detached with a couple of children playing in the front lawn and his son was just arriving home from his days work.
- The boa and the rattlesnake are homebodies that seldom travel more than a couple of miles in a lifetime.
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers. Little Women