- The definition of home is something that relates to or happens inside the place where a person or family resides.
- An example of home used as an adjective is the phrase home work which is the studying and assignments a student does away from school.
- An example of home used as an adjective is the phrase home office which is an office inside your house.
- Home is defined as a house or place where a person or family lives or where someone was born.
- An example of home is Balmoral Castle where Queen Elizabeth II resides.
- An example of home is Hawaii where Barack Obama was born.
A family sits outside their home.
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noun
- the place where a person (or family) lives; one's dwelling place; specif.,
- the house, apartment, etc. where one lives or is living temporarily; living quarters
- the region, city, state, etc. where one lives
- the place where one was born or reared; one's own city, state, or country
- a place thought of as home; specif.,
- a place where one likes to be; restful or congenial place
- the grave
- the members of a family as a unit; a household and its affairs: homes broken up by divorce
- an institution for the care of orphans, people who are old and helpless, etc.
- the place that is the natural environment of an animal, plant, etc.
- the place where something is or has been originated, developed, etc.: Paris is the home of fashion
- in many games, the base or goal
- ☆ the home plate in baseball
Origin: Middle English from Old English hām, akin to German heim from Germanic an unverified form haim from Indo-European base an unverified form kei-, to lie, homestead from source hide, Glassical Greek keisthai, to lie down, rest, Classical Latin civis, townsman, Old Norse heimr, home, Gothic haima, Old High German heim: basic sense “place where one lies; dwelling”
adjective
- of home or a home; specif.,
- of the family, household, etc.; domestic
- of one's country, government, etc.; domestic
- of or at the center of activity or operations: home office
- reaching its goal; effective; forceful; to the point: a home truth
- designating or having to do with games played in the city, at the school, etc. where the team originates: a team's home field
- designating or of the team playing in its own city or at its own school or facility: white home uniforms
- of or for use in the home
adverb
- at, to, or in the direction of home or a home
- to the place where it must ultimately go; to the point aimed at: to drive a nail home
- to the center or heart of a matter; closely; directly; deeply
Origin: orig. the n. as acc. of direction
transitive verb
to send to, put into, or provide with a home
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noun
- A place where one lives; a residence.
- The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.
- A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.
- a. An environment offering security and happiness.b. A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.
- The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period.
- The native habitat, as of a plant or animal.
- The place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted; a source.
- A headquarters; a home base.
- a. Baseball Home plate.b. Games Home base.
- An institution where people are cared for: a home for the elderly.
- Computer Science a. The starting position of the cursor on a text-based computer display, usually in the upper left corner of the screen.b. A starting position within a computer application, such as the beginning of a line, file, or screen or the top of a chart or list.
- a. Of or relating to a home, especially to one's household or house: home cooking; home furnishings.b. Taking place in the home: home care for the elderly.
- Of, relating to, or being a place of origin or headquarters: the home office.
- Sports Relating to a team's sponsoring institution or to the place where it is franchised: a home game; the home field advantage.
- Of, relating to, or being the keys used as base positions for the fingers in touch-typing: The home row on a standard keyboard consists of the keys for A, S, D, F, J, K, L, and ;.
- At, to, or toward the direction of home: going home for lunch.
- On or into the point at which something is directed: The arrow struck home.
- To the center or heart of something; deeply: Your comments really hit home.
- To go or return to one's residence or base of operations.
- To be guided to a target automatically, as by means of radio waves.
- To move or lead toward a goal: The investigators were homing in on the truth.
To guide (a missile or aircraft) to a target automatically.
Origin: Middle English, from Old English hām; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.
home - Computer Definition
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home - Phrases/Idioms
In addition to the idioms beginning with home, also see at home; bring home; bring home the bacon; chickens come home to roost; close to home Drive Home; eat someone out of house and home; make oneself at home; nobody home; nothing to write home about; till the cows come home.
at home
- in one's own house, neighborhood, city, or country
- as if in one's own home; comfortable; at ease; familiar
- willing to receive visitors
bring something home to
- to impress something upon or make something clear to
- to fasten the blame for something on (someone)
come home
to return, as to one's home
home free
âSlang beyond the point of doubt in approaching success or victory
home (in) on
to guide, or be guided as by radar, heat, etc., to (a destination or target)
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at home
- Available to receive visitors: at home on Thursdays.
- Comfortable and relaxed; at ease: at home in diplomatic circles.
- Feeling an easy competence and familiarity: at home in French.
home free
Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.