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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.
Similar words focus origin
nursing home
home folder
upbringing
deeply
decisively zero in
track
return
Meanings 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 .
Similar words residence
dwelling
house
apartment
place
abode
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 .
Similar words household
family upbringing
domestic life
home life
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.
Similar words care home
nursing home
shelter
residential home
refuge
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 .
Similar words habitat base
origin
birthplace
setting
place
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.
Similar words homepage
home screen
main page
start page
front page
landing page
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.
Similar words home directory
home folder
user directory
profile folder
user folder
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 .
Similar words home plate
plate
home base
goal 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.
Similar words return
navigate
migrate
come back
find the way
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.
Similar words target
focus zero in
lock on
aim
track
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.
Similar words house
shelter
accommodate
place
lodge
take in
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.
Similar words domestic
household
residential
personal
family 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.
Similar words domestic
national
local
host
resident
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 .
Similar words homeward
back
inside
indoors
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.
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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