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[ UK /hˈə‍ʊm/ ]
[ US /ˈhoʊm/ ]
ADVERB
  1. to the fullest extent; to the heart
    drove his point home
    drove the nail home
    his comments hit home
  2. 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
  3. on or to the point aimed at
    the arrow struck home
NOUN
  1. an institution where people are cared for
    a home for the elderly
  2. (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
  3. place where something began and flourished
    the United States is the home of basketball
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
  7. 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
  8. housing that someone is living in
    they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
    he built a modest dwelling near the pond
  9. 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
  1. used of your own ground
    a home game
  2. relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
    my home town
  3. inside the country
    the nation's internal politics
    the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior
VERB
  1. return home accurately from a long distance
    homing pigeons
  2. provide with, or send to, a home

How To Use home In A Sentence

  • It got so bad that 12 patrolmen and two police dogs were kept on duty outside the home for several days.
  • Druses were common throughout the mesophyll tissues, and peltate, glandular trichomes were present on both epidermises.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • The popular beauty spot is home to a variety of wildlife including birds and types of bats.
  • But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today USATODAY.com
  • 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.
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