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home townˌhome ˈtown especially British English, home‧town especially American English /ˌhəʊmˈtaʊn $ ˌhoʊm-/ noun [countable]   - After graduation she was assigned a job in her home town.
- In March 1990, after a series of dates with Melly, he remained behind to settle in his home town.
- It's her home town although it's changed a lot since she was a girl.
- It's in his adopted home town that I first witness him.
- The biggest crisis in her until then trouble-free career came during a recording session in her home town.
- The outskirts of her home town excited her as a magical cavern will a child.
the place you come from► home town the town where you live now, where you were born, or where you spent most of your early life: · I haven't been back to my home town since my mother died.· She hated her home town so much she would never admit where she was from. ► birthplace the place where someone, especially someone famous, was born: · We visited the birthplace of Lenin in Ulyanovsk.· Muslims are expected to make at least one pilgrimage to Mecca, Muhammad's birthplace. ► place of birth the place where you were born -- used especially in official documents: · Forms usually ask you your name, address, nationality and place of birth.· She hoped that one day she would return to her place of birth. ► home the place where you usually live or the place that you come from, especially when that is the place where you feel you belong and where you would most like to live: · It took us about ten years to think of Atlanta as home.· Her home, she said, was in Southern China, but she hadn't been there since she was a child. the town where you are from► home town the town where you were born, where you lived as a child, or where you live now: · Sarajevo is my home town and I did not want to leave.home town of: · Johnson lived in Seattle for ten years before returning to his home town of Cody, Wyoming. ► home the place where you were born or the place where you usually live, especially if this is where you feel happy and want to live: · Her home, she said, was in Hong Kong, but she hadn't been there since she was a child.feel like home: · I've lived in Madrid for many years, and it feels like home to me now. the place where you were born and spent your childhoodsomebody’s home town He hired a car and drove up to his home town. She’s written for her hometown newspaper. |