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/hoʊm/
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A place of residence, family life, care, belonging, origin, or base, with extended uses for digital starts, game goals, targeting, domestic contrast, and movement or force toward a final point.

Examples

  • Volunteers brought blankets to the cats' home.
  • She worked hard to build a peaceful home for her family.
  • The home button sits at the bottom of the app.
  • The documentary brought the crisis home to viewers.
  • Move the archive out of home before reinstalling.

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upbringing
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decisively
zero in
track
return

Meanings

Place where someone lives

noun
housing
neutral
A house, apartment, room, or other place where someone lives, especially when it is familiar, personal, or treated as property.

Examples

  • After months away, she was glad to be back in her own home.
  • They saved for years before buying their first home.
  • The storm damaged hundreds of homes along the coast.
  • He left home at eighteen and rented a small room.
  • Their home is warm, crowded, and full of books.
  • The charity helps families who have no permanent home.
  • They planned to make the cottage their permanent home.

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Family life and upbringing

noun
family
neutral
The family setting, care, and daily life that shape how someone is raised or lives with others.

Examples

  • The children needed a safe and loving home.
  • He came from a musical home where everyone sang.
  • A stable home can make school feel less overwhelming.
  • She worked hard to build a peaceful home for her family.
  • The report studied children from single-parent homes.
  • He rarely talked about his unhappy home.
  • They wanted their foster daughter to feel she had a real home.

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Residential care place

noun
care
neutral
A place where people or animals live and receive care because they cannot live independently or have no owner.

Examples

  • She moved into a nursing home after the operation.
  • The charity runs a home for children who need protection.
  • They adopted a terrier from the dogs' home.
  • The care home has trained nurses on duty all night.
  • Volunteers brought blankets to the cats' home.
  • The new home gives young adults support while they study.
  • Inspectors praised the retirement home for its calm atmosphere.

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Place of belonging or origin

noun
identity
neutral
The place where someone or something belongs, comes from, is usually found, or can suitably be kept.

Examples

  • After years abroad, Greece still felt like home.
  • The reef is home to hundreds of species.
  • New Orleans is often called the home of jazz.
  • The museum is home to a remarkable textile collection.
  • We finally found a home for the extra chairs.
  • He calls Chicago home, though he was born in Denver.
  • The archive gave the letters a safe home.

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Main page or starting screen

noun
technology
neutral
The main page, screen, or starting point that takes a user back to the top level of a website, app, or device.

Examples

  • Tap home to return to the main screen.
  • The home button sits at the bottom of the app.
  • The website's home loads faster after the redesign.
  • Users can reach settings from home.
  • The home screen shows today's appointments.
  • A search box appears on home.
  • The designer simplified the home navigation.

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User directory

noun
technology
neutral
The default directory in a computer system where a user's personal files and settings are stored.

Examples

  • The script writes a log file in your home directory.
  • Check home for hidden configuration files.
  • The backup includes each user's home folder.
  • Permissions in home were changed by mistake.
  • The shell opened in home after login.
  • Move the archive out of home before reinstalling.
  • A missing file in home caused the program to fail.

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Goal or home plate

noun
sports
neutral
The goal in a game, especially the base a runner must reach to score in baseball or softball.

Examples

  • The runner slid safely into home.
  • A perfect throw beat him to home.
  • She crossed home with the winning run.
  • The catcher blocked home with his left foot.
  • The umpire called him out at home.
  • A sacrifice fly brought the runner home.
  • The coach waved two players toward home.

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Return to an origin

verb
nature
neutral
To return accurately to a home place, nesting area, or point of origin, especially after travelling a long distance.

Examples

  • The salmon home to the river where they hatched.
  • Migrating birds can home across astonishing distances.
  • The pigeon homed to its loft after the race.
  • Scientists studied how turtles home to their nesting beaches.
  • The bees homed by following landmarks and scent.
  • Some animals home with remarkable accuracy.
  • The tagged seal homed back to the same bay.

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Move or focus toward a target

verb
technology
neutral
To move, be guided, or direct attention toward a target, signal, or objective with increasing accuracy.

Examples

  • The missile homed in on the radar signal.
  • The drone homes in on a landing beacon.
  • The camera homed in on the actor's face.
  • Investigators homed in on a single suspect.
  • The software homes in on the strongest signal.
  • The dog homed in on the familiar scent.
  • The discussion homed in on the real problem.

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Provide with a home

verb
care
neutral
To give a person, animal, or thing a place to live, stay, or be kept.

Examples

  • The rescue centre homed three kittens with careful owners.
  • The charity hopes to home every dog before winter.
  • Several families offered to home refugees for a few weeks.
  • The archive homed the collection in a climate-controlled room.
  • They struggled to home the old piano after the hall closed.
  • The sanctuary homes injured birds until they can be released.
  • A local museum homed the paintings after the gallery shut.

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Connected with living at home

adjective
everyday
neutral
Connected with where someone lives, or made, used, delivered, or done there.

Examples

  • Please write your home address clearly.
  • The company offers free home delivery.
  • She missed her mother's home cooking.
  • The course includes classroom and home study.
  • A home printer is enough for basic documents.
  • They installed a new home security system.
  • The doctor made a home visit that afternoon.

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Own country, base, or side

adjective
sports
neutral
Connected with one's own country, market, territory, or sports ground rather than a foreign, away, or visiting one.

Examples

  • The company sells most of its products in the home market.
  • The minister answered questions on home affairs.
  • The navy remained in home waters.
  • The home team scored first.
  • They lost their final home game.
  • The home crowd booed the decision.
  • The fixture list gives them three home matches in a row.

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To or at home

adverb
everyday
neutral
To, at, or toward the place where someone lives or belongs.

Examples

  • We walked home after the concert.
  • He drove home in silence.
  • The children came home covered in mud.
  • She stayed home on Friday night.
  • Please call me when you get home safely.
  • The train finally brought us home.
  • Call me when you are home.

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Into place or full effect

adverb
everyday
neutral
Into the correct final position, or with a force that makes something fully felt or understood.

Examples

  • He drove the peg home with one blow.
  • The documentary brought the crisis home to viewers.
  • Her warning finally hit home.
  • The striker drove the ball home from close range.
  • The figures pressed home the scale of the loss.
  • His absence made the truth come home to her.
  • The lawyer hammered the point home in closing arguments.

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Etymology

From Old English hām, a dwelling, village, or estate, from a Germanic source related to Dutch heem and German Heim.

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