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Etymology

From Middle English hom < Old English hām < Proto-Germanic *heimaz < Proto-Indo-European *tkoi-, an o-grade variant of *tkei-. Cognate with German Heim, Swedish hem, Dutch heem and heim-, and the place-name segment -ham (“‘village’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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Singular home

Plural homes

home (plural homes)

  1. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one’s family; also, one’s birthplace.
    The disciples went away again to their own home. —John xx. 10.
    Home is the sacred refuge of our life. — John Dryden.
    Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There’s no place like home. — John Howard Payne.
  2. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
    Our old home England. — Nathaniel Hawthorne.
  3. The place where a person was raised. Childhood or parental home. Home of one’s parents or guardian.
    I left home last year.
  4. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.
    He entered in his house — his home no more, For without hearts there is no home. — George Gordon Byron.
  5. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
    the home of the pine.
    Her eyes are homes of silent prayer. — Alfred Tennyson.
    Flandria, by plenty made the home of war. — Matthew Prior.
  6. A place of refuge and rest; an asylum; as, a home for outcasts; a home for the blind; hence, especially, the grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.
    Man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets. —Eccl. xii.
  7. (gaming) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.
  8. (baseball) Home plate.
  9. (lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.
  10. (Internet) The landing page of a website; the site's home page

Synonyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "home"

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Verb

Infinitive to home

Third person singular homes

Simple past homed

Past participle homed

Present participle homing

to home (third-person singular simple present homes, present participle homing, simple past and past participle homed)

  1. (usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.
    The missile was able to home on the target.

Translations

to home ("in on")
  • German: anpeilen de(de), zielen de(de)
  • Russian: наводиться ru(ru) (navodít’s'a) (impf.), навестись ru(ru) (nav'estís') (pf.)

Adjective

home (not comparable)

Positive home

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
  2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adjective "home"

Adverb

home (not comparable)

Positive home

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. To one’s home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.
  2. Close; closely.
    How home' the charge reaches us, has been made out. —South.
    They come home to men’s business and bosoms. —Bacon.
  3. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.
    to drive a nail home
    to ram a cartridge home
    Wear thy good rapier bare and put it home. —Shak.
  4. (British, soccer) Into the goal.
    • 2004, Tottenham 4-4 Leicester, BBC Sport: February,
      Walker was penalised for a picking up a Gerry Taggart backpass and from the resulting free-kick, Keane fired home after Johnnie Jackson's initial effort was blocked.

Usage notes

Derived terms

Terms derived from the adverb "home"
  • turn home

Translations

at home (adverb)
homewards (adverb)

Related terms

Terms related to "home"

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin homō (“‘human being’”).

Noun

home m. (plural homes)

  1. man
  2. husband

Synonyms

husband

Antonyms

woman
wife

Hypernyms

spouse

Esperanto

Etymology

From homo.

Adverb

home

  1. humanly

Finnish

(index ho)

Pronunciation

Noun

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on: Home

Wikipedia fi

home

  1. mildew, mould

Declension

Declension of home (type hame)
singular plural
nominative home homeet
genitive homeen homeiden homeitten
partitive hometta homeita
accusative home homeen homeet
inessive homeessa homeissa
elative homeesta homeista
illative homeeseen homeisiin homeihin
adessive homeella homeilla
ablative homeelta homeilta
allative homeelle homeille
essive homeena homeina
translative homeeksi homeiksi
instructive – homein
abessive homeetta homeitta
comitative – homeineen

Galician

Etymology

From Latin homo

Noun

home m. (plural homes)

  1. human
  2. man
  3. spouse

Interjection

home

  1. man! Expresses surprise.

See also

Italian

Etymology

English home

Noun

home f. inv.

  1. home (initial position of various computing objects)

 

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