homenoun
uk/həʊm/us/hoʊm/home noun (HOUSE/APARTMENT)
A1 [ C or U ] the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with your family:
[ C ] a house, apartment, etc. when it is considered as property that you can buy or sell:
[ C ] the type of family you come from:
C1 [ C ] a place where people or animals live and are cared for by people who are not their relations or owners:
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- He was shot dead outside his home.
- Her home is in the east of France.
- I'd like to wish you every happiness in your new home.
- Storms caused power cuts in hundreds of homes last night.
- The police found a vital clue to the girl's disappearance in a wooded area near her home.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Home
- a roof over your head idiom
- abode
- accommodation
- address
- an Englishman's home is his castle idiom
- bolthole
- domestic
- door-to-door
- down sb's way idiom
- dwelling
- gaff
- habitation
- lodging
- pad
- place
- premises
- residence
- residential
- spiritual home
- the home front
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home noun (ORIGIN)
A1 [ C or U ] someone's or something's place of origin, or the place where a person feels they belong:
More examples
- Her home is the east of France.
- After you've gained some experience teaching abroad you can come home and get a job.
- The advertising campaign will try to hammer home the message that excessive drinking is a health risk.
- She is riding the fastest horse and is certain to romp home.
- When one engine stopped, we had to turn round and fly home.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Home
- a roof over your head idiom
- abode
- accommodation
- address
- an Englishman's home is his castle idiom
- bolthole
- domestic
- door-to-door
- down sb's way idiom
- dwelling
- gaff
- habitation
- lodging
- pad
- place
- premises
- residence
- residential
- spiritual home
- the home front
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home noun (COUNTRY)
[ C or U ] your own country or your own area:
If a sports team are/play at home, they play on their own sports field.
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- Their performance was nothing to write home about.
- Thousands of people turned out to welcome the England team home.
- I stayed in Montreal for two weeks then flew home.
- The team playing at home had a big advantage.
- The diplomats have been sent home because their embassy has become a nest of spies and espionage.
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- citizenship
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- motherland
- nation
- nation-state
- national
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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Idiom(s)
homeadverb
uk/həʊm//hoʊm/at or to your house or the place where you live:
in or to the country or area where you come from:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Home
- a roof over your head idiom
- abode
- accommodation
- address
- an Englishman's home is his castle idiom
- bolthole
- domestic
- door-to-door
- down sb's way idiom
- dwelling
- gaff
- habitation
- lodging
- pad
- place
- premises
- residence
- residential
- spiritual home
- the home front
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Idiom(s)
homeadjective [ before noun ]
uk/həʊm/us/hoʊm/home adjective [ before noun ] (RELATING TO HOME)
relating to the house, flat, etc. where someone lives:
done at home, or intended to be used at home:
relating to your family or your life at home:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Home
- a roof over your head idiom
- abode
- accommodation
- address
- an Englishman's home is his castle idiom
- bolthole
- domestic
- door-to-door
- down sb's way idiom
- dwelling
- gaff
- habitation
- lodging
- pad
- place
- premises
- residence
- residential
- spiritual home
- the home front
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home adjective [ before noun ] (COUNTRY)
connected with or done in your own country:
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Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- citizenship
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- motherland
- nation
- nation-state
- national
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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home adjective [ before noun ] (SPORTS)
relating to the place where a team is based and plays a lot of its games:
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Competitions, & parts of competitions
- battle
- battle of wits idiom
- beauty contest
- beauty pageant
- benefit match
- clash
- contest
- European night
- exhibition match
- friendly
- handicap
- kickabout
- ladder
- nip
- one-horse race
- race
- race meeting
- Rafferty's rules
- the Premier League
- winning post
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