Definition of home in English English dictionary
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- To one’s home or country
He made no complaint of his ill-fortune, but only repeated in a quiet voice, with a pathos of which he was himself evidently unconscious, I want to get home to Ninety-second Street, Philadelphia..
- The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections
He enter'd in the house—his home no more, / For without hearts there is no home; .
- Into the goal
Walker was penalised for a picking up a Gerry Taggart backpass and from the resulting free-kick, Keane fired home after Johnnie Jackson's initial effort was blocked.
- The landing page of a website; the site's home page
- Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust
- One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace
Home! home! sweet, sweet home! / There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home.
- To seek or aim for something
The missile was able to home on the target.
- In one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home
Everyone's gone to watch the game; there's nobody home.
- One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt
I've been to cities that never close down / From New York to Rio and old London town / But no matter how far or how wide I roam / I still call Australia home.
- Home plate
- Close; closely
How home the charge reaches us, has been made out by ẛhewing with what high impudence ẛome amongẛt us defend sin, .
- A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, especially, the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul
because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:.
- The place where a person was raised; Childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian
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.
- The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player
- Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts
- To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length
Wear thy good rapier bare, and put it home: .
- In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal
- The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat
Her eyes are homes of silent prayer, / Nor other thought her mind admits / But, he was dead, and there he sits, / And he that brought him back is there.
- {n} one's own house
- {a} to the point, close
- A variable that contains the path of the current user's local log-in directory
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- The plate at which the batter stands. The home base
- If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful. The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry
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- where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"
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- You can use home to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place. She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years Warwick is home to some 550 international students
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- The home base; he started for home
- 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"
- {s} domestic, homey, of a home; central, main (i.e. home office)
- Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts
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- The place where a person was raised. Childhood or parental home. Home of one's parents or guardian
- return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons"
- used of your own ground; "a home game"
- To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home
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- In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; goal The plate at which the batter stands
- If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible. It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument
- 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'll be home tomorrow"; "came riding home in style"; "I hope you will come home for Christmas";"I'll take her home"; "don't forget to write home"
- on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"
- inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics"
- (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"
- The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat; as, the home of the pine
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- the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one's family; also, one's birthplace
- provide with, or send to, a home
- housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
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- A directory or WWW page that is 'owned' by a user is often referred to as their 'home directory' or 'home page'
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home
- If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target. Only two torpedoes struck home. Home Rule Irish Ladies' Home Journal nursing home Douglas Home Sir Alec Baron Home of the Hirsel of Coldstream
- To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is. Their sobering conversation brought home to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does
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- an environment offering affection and security; "home is where the heart is"; "he grew up in a good Christian home"; "there's no place like home"
- One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt
- If you feel at home, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in. He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at home
- provide with, or send to, a home relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are; "my home town"
- {i} place where one lives, residence; house, apartment; place where one feels comfortable; institution for disabled or homeless people; home plate (Baseball)
- {f} proceed toward a target (i.e. a guided missile, etc.); return to one's place of residence
- If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept. The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for
- The place of a player in front of an opponent's goal; also, the player
- When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground. I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away. Home is also an adjective. All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together. away
- Home Counties
- All the English counties surrounding London
- Home Depot
- A chain of home improvement warehouse stores which combine the availability of large quantities of raw materials and tools
- Home Depot
- A place where a shopper can find everything related to a particular field
First, you just don't go down to the radioactive material center, like a Home Depot, and get some nuclear material.
- Home Information Pack
- A collection of documents relating to a property, which, under the law of England and Wales between June 2007 and 2010, had to be provided when the property was offered for sale. Abbreviation: HIP
- Home Information Packs
- plural form of Home Information Pack
- Home Office
- The British government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales; headed by the Home Secretary
- Home Secretary
- The British cabinet minister, responsible for law and order, who is head of the Home Office
- home away from home
- A place in which one is as comfortable as one's actual home
- home base
- headquarters
- home base
- home plate
- home care
- health care provided in the patient's home by healthcare professionals
- home care
- health care provided in the patient's home by family and friends
- home cinema
- a system for showing cinema-quality films at home; usually comprised of high definition television and surround sound
- home cinemas
- plural form of home cinema
- home computer
- A computer intended for use in the home
- home computers
- plural form of home computer
- home country
- the country in which a person was born and usually raised, regardless of the present country of residence and citizenship
- home ec
- abbreviation of home economics
- home economics
- The study of homemaking, including cookery, needlework, cleaning etc
- home equity
- The monetary value of a home less the value of any encumbrances, such as liens or mortgages
- home field advantage
- The advantage anyone enjoys from familiar surroundings or circumstances
- home field advantage
- The advantage a team enjoys from being on its usual playing field
- home free
- Reaching a goal without expending any considerable effort; either without or in spite of impediments
If we can complete these last two projects, we'll be home free.
- home fries
- a type of basic potato dish made by pan or skillet frying diced, chunked, wedged or sliced potatoes
- home front
- The civilian sphere as opposed to the military; or specifically the civilian sphere which supports a military effort
- home game
- An athletic contest played in a team's own geographic area
- home games
- plural form of home game
- home help
- Someone who provides medium- to long-term aid to a patient in their own home; a carer
- home in on
- To focus or narrow down to something; to find, draw closer or move towards, as by trial and error or a gradual seeking process
We are homing in on a solution.
- home inspection
- An official inspection of a dwelling by a home inspector prior to its sale
- home inspector
- A person who carries out the home inspection of a dwelling before it is sold
- home is where the heart is
- One's true home is where one feels happiest
- home is where you hang your hat
- Rather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home
Did I ever think that Jamaica would be my home? Never, he says, but I have been living as a foreigner in someone else's country for most of my life, he says, and I guess it is true that home is where you hang your hat..
- home lot
- An enclosed plot on which the owner's home stands
- home movie
- A movie of one's personal life or activites
- home movies
- plural form of home movie
- home office
- A room, in a person's home, equipped as an office so that the person may work from home
- home page
- The main or first page of a web site, typically with hyperlinks to the other pages
The home page provided by CERN is a good entry point into the Web; it points you to a lot of resources fairly quickly.
- home page
- The page set to open in a web browser when it is loaded
- home page
- The Web page which one first visits in any hypertext system or set of hyperlinked documents
- home pages
- plural form of home page
- home plate
- A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls, and the touching of which by a runner advancing from or past third base scores a run
- home plates
- plural form of home plate
- home row
- Certain keys of the center row of alphabetical letters on typewriters and computer keyboards
- home rule
- The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country
- home ruler
- One who favors or advocates home rule
- home run
- A success; especially, a popular success
The product was a home run.
- home run
- The portion of a journey that ends at home
I'm on the home run.
- home run
- A four-base hit, a homer
The first baseman hit a home run to lead off the ninth.
- home run
- Sexual intercourse
- home runs
- plural form of home run
- home school
- A school within a private domestic place, rather than in a public facility or private institution
- home school
- To educate children at home, that is, at a private domestic place, in lieu of sending them to a public school or private educational institution
- home schooled
- Simple past tense and past participle of home school
- home schooling
- Present participle of home school
- home schools
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of home school
- home schools
- plural form of home school
- home shopping
- the purchase of goods from home, either via cable TV or the Internet
- home side
- the team that plays at home (in their own stadium)
- home sides
- plural form of home side
- home slice
- A fellow, particularly a male acquaintance, from one's home town
He was practically a home slice and knew all the ancient haunts.
- home straight
- The final part of something, especially the final part with respect to time of a long process
- home straight
- The straight part of a running track (or similar) leading to the finishing line
He got boxed in amongst four African runners in the back straight of the last lap, and was only able to get out into the clear coming into the home straight.
- home straights
- plural form of home straight
- home stretch
- The final part of a distance or the final effort needed to finish
I think we're finally on the home stretch with this project.
- home stretch
- The final part of a race course from the last curve to the finish line
- home sweet home
- One's home, especially a nice, comfortable home
- home taught
- Simple past tense and past participle of home teach
- home teach
- To teach as part of a home teaching assignment
- home teacher
- A person who home teaches or one who has a home teaching assignment
- home teachers
- plural form of home teacher
- home teaches
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of home teach
- home teaching
- The responsibility of the priesthood in which a pair of priesthood holders visit another member's family to teach them LDS doctrine and see how they are doing
- home teaching
- Present participle of home teach
- home team
- The team in a sport that's playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to the visitor team
- home teams
- plural form of home team
- home thrust
- A well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part
- home thrust
- A personal attack
- home truths
- plural form of home truth
- home video
- A televisual recording made privately for domestic use, rather than commercially or professionally
- home wrecker
- A man or woman who gains the affections of someone already married and is blamed for a dissolution of the family
His wife falsely accused her husband's secretary of being a home wrecker.
- home-
- Alternative spelling of homœ-
- home-grown
- Having been produced locally
We not only have to cultivate our home-grown talent better, but we also need to stimulate the flow of talent into our country.
- home-made
- made in the home
- home page
- {i} hypertext document on the Internet devoted to a certain subject company or person; start page, initial opening page in a browser
- home-grown
- Home-grown fruit and vegetables have been grown in your garden, rather than on a farm, or in your country rather than abroad
- home based business
- A home business (or "home-based business" or "HBB") is a small business that operates from the business owner's home office
- home business
- A home business (or "home-based business" or "HBB") is a small business that operates from the business owner's home office
- home court
- (Spor) (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games
- home education
- Homeschooling or homeschool (also called home education or home based learning) is the education of children at home, typically by parents but sometimes by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school
- home education
- (Eğitim) Homeschooling – also called home education or home school – is the education of children at home, typically by parents or guardians, rather than in a public or private school. Prior to the introduction of compulsory school attendance laws in the 19th century, most childhood education worldwide occurred within the family or community, with only a small portion of the population attending schools or employing tutors. Currently, the majority of children in developed nations receive their formal education at a public institution
- home front
- The civilian population or the civilian activities of a country at war
- home in on
- Focus on, concentrate on, zero in on, centre on, fix on, pinpoint; zoom in on
- home office
- The British government department dealing with law and order, immigration, etc. in England and Wales
- home pay
- The amount of pay that you receive after taxes and other amounts have been taken away
- home away from home
- a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were home
- home sweet home
- comfortable residence, cozy home (used to express that one loves his home)
- homely
- Simple, familiar, unelaborate
There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.
- homely
- Characteristic of or belonging to home, domestic
- homely
- Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive
- homes
- Alternative spelling of holmes
I said what's up Homes? What you doing over this side of the hood?.
- homes
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of home
- homes
- plural form of home
- homely
- Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate
- homeless
- {s} without a home, having no place to live, living in the street
- homely
- having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; "the homely everyday atmosphere"; "a homey little inn"
- homely
- Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed
- homely
- plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare"
- homely
- Of plain or coarse features; uncomely; contrary to handsome
- homely
- If you say that someone is homely, you mean that they are not very attractive to look at. The man was homely and overweight. = plain
- homely
- lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face" without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners" plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare
- homely
- If you describe a woman as homely, you mean that she has a warm, comforting manner and looks like someone who would enjoy being at home and running a family. Mrs Jones was a pleasant, homely person with a ready smile
- homely
- Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners
- homely
- {a} coarsely
- homely
- plain and unpretentious; "homely truths"; "letters to his son full of homely advice"; "homely fare
- homely
- {a} inelegant, plain, coarse
- homely
- approval If you describe a room or house as homely, you like it because you feel comfortable and relaxed there. We try and provide a very homely atmosphere. = cosy
- homely
- lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
- homely
- {s} simple, plain; unattractive, lacking natural beauty; domestic, cozy, informal (British)
- home in
- Direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids, range in, zero in
- homely
- without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners"
- Home Office
- The Home Office is the department of the British Government which is responsible for things such as the police, broadcasting, and making decisions about people who want to come to live in Britain. the Home Office the British government department which deals with keeping order in the country, controlling who enters the country etc. a room in someone's home where that person works, which usually has equipment such as a computer, fax machine etc study
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- Home Office
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- Home Page
- publications
- Home Run
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- home front
- The civilian population or the civilian activities of a country at war. the people who stay and work in their own country while others go abroad to fight in a war on the home front
- home front
- the civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war
- home front
- {i} civilian sector of a nation during war; civilian actions and activities during war; person's life at home
- home in
- If you home in on one particular aspect of something, you give all your attention to it. The critics immediately homed in on the group's newly-elected members
- home in
- If something such as a missile homes in on something else, it is aimed at that thing and moves towards it. Two rockets homed in on it from behind without a sound see also homing
- home office
- Generally, the corporate headquarters of an insurance company, where the chief offices of the organization are located
- home office
- If you mainly work from home, you may have set aside a room which you normally use as an office
- home office
- (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise; "many companies have their headquarters in New York"
- home office
- The main location of a business
- home office
- British government department in charge of internal affairs
- home office
- A part of your home or other structure on your property for which you qualify to take a deduction for its business use
- home office
- An insurance company's headquarters, where most of the functional areas„such as underwriting, claim administration, customer service, actuarial, marketing, accounting, legal/compliance, and human resources„are located See also regional office
- home office
- The Immigration and Nationality Department is the section of this government department responsible for immigration decisions including making decisions on asylum applications
- home office
- The Department in England responsible for everything which is not the responsibility of another government department Among responsibilities which relate to the personal social services are the Probation Service in England and Wales, asylum seekers and inter-country adoption
- home page
- A document you access using a web browser like Netscape or Internet Explorer It usually refers to the first page of a particular web site; it also is the page that automatically loads each time you start your browser
- home page
- On the Internet, a person's or organization's home page is the main page of information about them, which often contains links to other pages about them
- home page
- A home page is a web page In most familiar terms, it is a personal page for an individual It can also be the basic main page for a more complex web site for individuals, organizations, or web communities On complex web sites, it is the page which a server will show when no HTML filename is listed, usually with the name index html, home html, or default html or the same names with the shorter extension htm
- home page
- Your home page is the web page that your browser displays when you first start it Your browser will also display this page when you click on the home page button on your toolbar Some web pages will ask you if you want to change your home page when you first arrive or try to leave PopUpCop will suppress these requests
- home page
- The main page of a Web site Typically, the home page serves as an index or table of contents to other documents stored at the site
- home page
- Originally, the web page that your browser is set to use when it starts up The more common meaning refers to the main web page for a business, organisation, person or simply the main page out of a collection of web pages See Also: Browser, Web Go to top
- home page
- The first page that your browser will open when you access a Web address (URL) The home page generally serves as a gateway to the rest of the Web site by providing links to the other pages The file that generates the page is usually called "index html"
- home page
- The first page on a Web site, which introduces the site and provides the means of navigation
- home page
- Originally, a home page was the web page that your browser is set to use when it starts up The more common definition refers to the main web page for any business or personal site See Also: Browser, WWW
- home page
- Originally, the web page that a browser is set to use when it starts up The more common meaning refers to the top level document of a set of web pages