Meaning & Definition of Home in English
English⟶
Home
/hoʊm/
noun
1. Where you live at a particular time
- "Deliver the package to my home"
- "He doesn't have a home to go to"
- "Your place or mine?"
synonym:
- home,
- place
2. Housing that someone is living in
- "He built a modest dwelling near the pond"
- "They raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
synonym:
- dwelling,
- home,
- domicile,
- abode,
- habitation,
- dwelling house
3. The country or state or city where you live
- "Canadian tariffs enabled united states lumber companies to raise prices at home"
- "His home is new jersey"
synonym:
- home
4. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
- It must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- "He ruled that the runner failed to touch home"
synonym:
- home plate,
- home base,
- home,
- plate
5. The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
synonym:
- base,
- home
6. Place where something began and flourished
- "The united states is the home of basketball"
synonym:
- home
7. An environment offering affection and security
- "Home is where the heart is"
- "He grew up in a good christian home"
- "There's no place like home"
synonym:
- home
8. A social unit living together
- "He moved his family to virginia"
- "It was a good christian household"
- "I waited until the whole house was asleep"
- "The teacher asked how many people made up his home"
synonym:
- family,
- household,
- house,
- home,
- menage
9. An institution where people are cared for
- "A home for the elderly"
synonym:
- home,
- nursing home,
- rest home
verb
1. Provide with, or send to, a home
synonym:
- home
2. Return home accurately from a long distance
- "Homing pigeons"
synonym:
- home
adjective
1. Used of your own ground
- "A home game"
synonym:
- home(a)
2. Relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
- "My home town"
synonym:
- home
3. Inside the country
- "The british home office has broader responsibilities than the united states department of the interior"
- "The nation's internal politics"
synonym:
- home(a),
- interior(a),
- internal,
- national
adverb
1. At or to or in the direction of one's home or family
- "He stays home on weekends"
- "After the game the children brought friends home for supper"
- "I'll be home tomorrow"
- "Came riding home in style"
- "I hope you will come home for christmas"
- "I'll take her home"
- "Don't forget to write home"
synonym:
- home
2. On or to the point aimed at
- "The arrow struck home"
synonym:
- home
3. To the fullest extent
- To the heart
- "Drove the nail home"
- "Drove his point home"
- "His comments hit home"
synonym:
- home
Examples of using
Take the same road home that you came on.
Have you heard already that he has finally returned home?
"Are your parents home?" "Only my dad."