Someone's home is the house or flat where they live.
Last night they stayed at home and watched TV.
...his home in Hampstead.
...the allocation of land for new homes.
Synonyms: dwelling [formal, literary], house, residence, abode More Synonyms of home
2. uncountable noun
You can use home to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or wherethey were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place.
She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad.
His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years.
At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father.
Ms Highsmith has made Switzerland her home.
Warwick is home to some 550 international students. [+ to]
Brian decided to leave the U.K. and set up home in Southern Spain.
He has moved back to his home town of Miami.
Synonyms: birthplace, household, homeland, home town More Synonyms of home
3. adverb [ADVERB after verb, beADVERB]
Home means to or at the place where you live.
Hannah wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home.
I'll telephone you as soon as I get home.
Hi, Mom, I'm home!
Company officials say striking union members should stay home today.
4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Home means made or done in the place where you live.
...cheap but healthy home cooking.
...internet home shopping and grocery delivery.
5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.
Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
...the Guardian's home news pages.
Synonyms: domestic, national, local, central More Synonyms of home
6. countable noun
A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they aretoo old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them.
It's going to be a home for vulnerable adults.
...an old people's home.
7. countable noun
You can refer to a family unit as a home.
She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet.
Single-parent homes are commonplace.
8. singular noun
If you refer to the homeof something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found.
This south-west region of France is the home of claret. [+ of]
9. countable noun
If you find a homefor something, you find a place where it can be kept.
The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for. [+ for]
10. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible.
It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.
11. uncountable noun [usu atN]
When a sports team plays athome, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground.
I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away.
Home is also an adjective.
All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together.
12.
See at home
13.
See bring sth home
14.
See home and dry
15.
See to hit home
16.
See a home from home
17.
See make yourself at home
18.
See nothing to write home about
19.
See to strike home
More Synonyms of home
home phrasal verb uses
(hoʊm)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense homes, present participle homing, past tense, past participle homed
Phrasal verbs:
See home in
home in British English
(həʊm)
noun
1.
the place or a place where one lives
have you no home to go to?
2.
a house or other dwelling
3.
a family or other group living in a house or other place
4.
a person's country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one
5.
the environment or habitat of a person or animal
6.
the place where something is invented, founded, or developed
the US is the home of baseball
7.
a building or institution set up to care for vulnerable members of society
8. sport
one's own ground
the match is at home
9.
a.
the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports
b.
an area where a player is safe from attack
10. lacrosse
a.
one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal
b.
a player assigned to such a position
inside home
11. baseball another name for home plate
12. New Zealand informal, obsolete
Britain, esp England
13. a home from home
14. at home
15. at home in
16. home and dry
17. near home
adjective(usually prenominal)
18.
of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc; domestic
19.
(of an activity) done in one's house
home brewing
20.
effective or deadly
a home thrust
21. sport
relating to one's own ground
a home game
22. US
central; principal
the company's home office
adverb
23.
to or at home
I'll be home tomorrow
24.
to or on the point
25.
to the fullest extent
hammer the nail home
26.
(of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper position
the boom is home
27. bring home to
28. come home
29. come home to
30. nothing to write home about
verb
31. (intransitive)
(of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance
32. (often foll byon or onto)
to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids
33.
to send or go home
34.
to furnish with or have a home
35. (intr; often foll by in or in on)
to be directed towards a goal, target, etc
Derived forms
homelike (ˈhomeˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English hām; related to Old Norse heimr, Gothic haims, Old High German heim, Dutch heem, Greek kōmi village
Home in British English
(hjuːm)
noun
Baron
home in American English
(hoʊm)
noun
1.
the place where a person (or family) lives; one's dwelling place
; specif.,
a.
the house, apartment, etc. where one lives or is living temporarily; living quarters
b.
the region, city, state, etc. where one lives
2.
the place where one was born or reared; one's own city, state, or country
3.
a place thought of as home
; specif.,
a.
a place where one likes to be; restful or congenial place
b.
the grave
4.
the members of a family as a unit; a household and its affairs
homes broken up by divorce
5.
an institution for the care of orphans, people who are old and helpless, etc.
6.
a.
the place that is the natural environment of an animal, plant, etc.
b.
the place where something is or has been originated, developed, etc.
Paris is the home of fashion
7.
a.
in many games, the base or goal
b. US
the home plate in baseball
adjective
8.
of home or a home
; specif.,
a.
of the family, household, etc.; domestic
b.
of one's country, government, etc.; domestic
see also foreign
c.
of or at the center of activity or operations
home office
9.
reaching its goal; effective; forceful; to the point
a home truth
10.
a.
designating or having to do with games played in the city, at the school, etc. where the teamoriginates
a team's home field
b.
designating or of the team playing in its own city or at its own school or facility
white home uniforms
11.
of or for use in the home
adverb
12.
at, to, or in the direction of home or a home
13.
to the place where it must ultimately go; to the point aimed at
to drive a nail home
14.
to the center or heart of a matter; closely; directly; deeply
verb intransitiveWord forms: homed or ˈhoming
15.
to go or return to one's home
16.
to have a home
verb transitive
17.
to send to, put into, or provide with a home
Idioms:
at home
bring something home to
come home
home free
home (in) on
Word origin
ME < OE hām, akin to Ger heim < Gmc *haim < IE base *kei-, to lie, homestead > hide3, Gr keisthai, to lie down, rest, L civis, townsman, ON heimr, home, Goth haima, OHG heim: basic sense “place where one lies; dwelling”
More idioms containing
home
make yourself at home
the home stretch
hit a home run
hit home
close to home
bring something home to someone
bring home the bacon
be on home ground
be nothing to write home about
be home and dry
at home
the lights are on but nobody is at home
an Englishman's home is his castle
until the cows come home
charity begins at home
eat someone out of house and home
come home to roost
pick up your marbles and go home
COBUILD Collocations
home
comfortable home
council home
main home
modest home
semi-detached home
Examples of 'home' in a sentence
home
Fancy a new home in an old favourite?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Rent out your car parking space and turn that spare room into a home office.
The Sun (2016)
There is no point in making sacrifices unless you are prepared to press the point home.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You have made this place feel like home to me.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The lack of new homes means house prices are predicted to rise across the country.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He then decided to share footage of the happy couple with people back home.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The fact that he was found a few miles from home tells you something.
The Sun (2016)
Your best love bets are close to home.
The Sun (2017)
And finding himself back in a hotel bed after just one night at home is a small price to pay.
The Sun (2016)
Nor are we in our old home.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Most modern homes and offices are too hot.
Chaitow, Leon Body Odour (1994)
You deal with discontent and win people over at home.
The Sun (2009)
It made me feel quite at home.
Ben Nimmo IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia (2003)
You have a gift for turning a house into a home and can repair fractured family relationships.
The Sun (2012)
We will keep it all in there until we can find space for it back at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was my home at one time so to go back there will be different class.
The Sun (2013)
The real surprise is discovering how valuable something in your home actually is.
The Sun (2008)
You are in the studio and then you go home and home is the office.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The message boards of websites for expats brim with anguished questions on the practicalities of returning home.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
To actually see that with your own eyes really brought the point home.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
My father worked from home so we were a close family.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was like hitting a home run.
Andy Dougan THE HUNTING OF MAN (2004)
Luckily none of us was in a rush to get home!
The Sun (2010)
He was at home in their company.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We just get better looked after at home.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This requires those with the disease stay at home with their families.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They lacked the conviction to press home their advantage and instead dropped too deep to protect it.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And we test the home kits and new products that claim to make your hair effortlessly shiny and sleek.
The Sun (2014)
It was interesting to read recently of home nations coaches saying that they are now going to look at cycling.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Our very success is destroying our grounded sense of home as a particular locality defined by its natural features and wildlife.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
Now students use the service to send their laundry home in term time, while parents send back food parcels.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Quotations
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. Home, home, sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home! There's no place like home!J.H. PayneClari, the Maid of Milan
Home is where the heart isPliny the Elder
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you inRobert FrostThe Death of the Hired Man
East, west, home's best
An Englishman's home is his castle
In other languages
home
British English: home /həʊm/ ADVERB
Home means to or at the place where you live.
She wanted to go home.
American English: home
Arabic: بِالبَيْتِ
Brazilian Portuguese: para casa
Chinese: 回家
Croatian: kući
Czech: doma
Danish: hjem
Dutch: thuis
European Spanish: a casa
Finnish: kotona
French: à la maison
German: heim
Greek: σπίτι μου
Italian: a casa
Japanese: 我が家へ
Korean: 집에
Norwegian: hjem
Polish: do domu
European Portuguese: para casa
Romanian: acasă
Russian: домой
Latin American Spanish: a casa
Swedish: hem
Thai: ที่บ้าน
Turkish: evde
Ukrainian: додому
Vietnamese: ở nhà
British English: home /həʊm/ NOUN
Your home is the place where you live.
We stayed at home and watched TV.
American English: home
Arabic: بَيْت
Brazilian Portuguese: lar
Chinese: 家
Croatian: dom
Czech: domov
Danish: hjem
Dutch: thuis
European Spanish: hogar
Finnish: koti
French: maison
German: Zuhause
Greek: σπίτι
Italian: casa
Japanese: 自宅
Korean: 집
Norwegian: hjem
Polish: dom
European Portuguese: lar
Romanian: casă
Russian: дом
Latin American Spanish: hogar
Swedish: hem
Thai: บ้าน
Turkish: ev
Ukrainian: дім
Vietnamese: nhà ở
All related terms of 'home'
at-home
If you feel at home , you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.
home in
If you home in on one particular aspect of something, you give all your attention to it.
re-home
to give (an animal, such as one that has been abandoned or is a stray ,) a new home and owners
care home
A care home is a large house or institution where people with particular problems or special needs are looked after.
come home
(of an anchor ) to fail to hold
down-home
of, relating to, or reminiscent of rural life, esp in the southern US; unsophisticated
hit home
if a situation or what someone says hits home or strikes home, people realize that it is real or true , even though it may be painful for them to accept it
home aid
a person who is paid to do domestic chores for persons unable to look after themselves adequately
home base
the place where a person has their home and feels comfortable
home brew
Home-brew is beer or wine that is made in someone's home, rather than in a brewery .
home care
a service provided by a local authority social services department to those whom it judges most need it
home farm
(esp formerly) a farm belonging to and providing food for a large country house
home free
beyond the point of doubt in approaching success or victory
home game
a game played on a team's home ground
home help
A home help is a person who is employed to visit sick or old people at home and help with their cleaning or cooking .
home life
a person's life at home ; private life
home loan
an agreement under which a person borrows money to buy property, esp a house, and the lender may take possession of the property if the borrower fails to repay the money
home-made
Something that is home-made has been made in someone's home, rather than in a shop or factory .
home news
news of events in the home country, as opposed to foreign news
home page
On the internet , a person's or organization's home page is the main page of information about them, which often contains links to other pages about them.
home port
the port where a ship is based
home row
the row on a computer or typewriter keyboard that contains the keys ( home keys ) to which four fingers of each hand return as a base, on a QWERTY keyboard being A, S, D, and F for the left hand and J , K , L , and the semicolon for the right
home rule
If a country or region has home rule , it has its own independent government and laws.
home run
a hit that enables the batter to run round all four bases , usually by hitting the ball out of the playing area
home side
the team that is playing on its home ground
home team
a team which is playing on its own ground
home time
time to go home
home town
the town where a person lives, or where they come from
home unit
a self-contained residence which is part of a series of similar residences
main home
Someone's home is the house or flat where they live.
near home
concerning one deeply
rest-home
A rest home is the same as an → old people's home .
romp home
to win a race easily
show home
a house on a new estate that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
drive home
to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent
foster home
the home of a person who fosters a child or animal
group home
a substitute home, usually located in a residential neighborhood, providing foster care for orphans , young offenders, or people with disabilities or special needs
home-alone
(esp of a young child) left in a house, flat , etc unattended
home-baked
baked at home; home-made
home baking
such things as bread , cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
home birth
If a woman has a home birth , she gives birth to her baby at home rather than in a hospital .
home brand
an item packaged and marketed under the brand name of a particular retailer, usually a large supermarket chain, rather than that of the manufacturer
home-built
built at home
home-buying
the purchase of a house or flat
home field
A sports team's home field is their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams .
home fries
raw or boiled potatoes , sliced and fried in a frying pan
home front
If something is happening on the home front , it is happening within the country where you live .
home ground
A sports team's home ground is their own playing field , as opposed to that of other teams .
home-grown
Home-grown fruit and vegetables have been grown in your garden, rather than on a farm , or in your country rather than abroad .
Home Guard
a volunteer part-time military force recruited for the defence of the United Kingdom in World War II
Chinese translation of 'home'
home
(həum)
n
(c/u) (= house) 家 (jiā) (个(個), gè)
⇒ His home is in Hampstead.他家在汉姆斯塔德。 (Tājiā zài Hànmǔsītǎdé.)
⇒ Jack often dreamed of home from his prison cell.杰克在监狱牢房里常常梦见家乡。 (Jiékè zài jiānyù láofáng li chángcháng mèngjiàn jiāxiāng.)
(c) (= institution) 收容院 (shōuróngyuàn) (个(個), gè)
⇒ a home for handicapped children残疾儿童收容院 (cánjí értóng shōuróngyuàn)
adj
(= made at home) 家庭的 (jiātíng de)
⇒ home cooking家庭式烹调 (jiātíngshì pēngtiáo)
(Econ, Pol, = domestic) 国(國)内(內)的 (guónèi de)
⇒ the expansion of the home market国内市场的扩大 (guónèi shìchǎng de kuòdà)
(Sport)[team, game]主场(場)的 (zhǔchǎng de)
⇒ They are Celtic fans, and attend all home games.他们是凯特人队的球迷，观看所有的主场比赛。 (Tāmen shì Kǎitèrénduì de qiúmí, guānkàn suǒyǒu de zhǔchǎng bǐsài.)
adv
[be, go, get etc]在家 (zàijiā)
⇒ I want to go home.我想回家。 (Wǒ xiǎng huíjiā.)
⇒ I'll phone you as soon as I get home.我一回家就打电话给你。 (Wǒ yī huíjiā jiù dǎ diànhuà gěi nǐ.)
at home (= in house) 在家 (zàijiā)
⇒ She went out to work, while he stayed at home to care for the children.她出去工作，而他则在家照顾孩子。 (Tā chūqù gōngzuò, ér tā zé zàijiā zhàogù háizi.)
(Sport) 在主场(場) (zài zhǔchǎng)
⇒ Our team are at home this weekend.这个周末我们的球队是主场。 (Zhège zhōumò wǒmen de qiúduì shì zhǔchǎng.)
(= comfortable) 自在 (zìzài)
⇒ I felt at home at once, because I recognized familiar faces.我立即感到自在，因为我见到熟悉的面孔。 (Wǒ lìjí gǎndào zìzài, yīnwèi wǒ jiàndào shúxī de miànkǒng.)
make yourself at home请(請)不要拘束 (qǐng bùyào jūshù)
the home of free enterprise/the blues自由企业(業)/蓝(藍)调(調)音乐(樂)的起源地 (zìyóu qǐyè/lándiào yīnyuè de qǐyuándì)
home and dry (Brit) or home free (US)大功告成 (dà gōng gào chéng)
a home from or (US) away from home像家一样(樣)舒适(適)的地方 (xiàng jiā yīyàng shūshì de dìfang)
to bring sth home to sb使某人认(認)识(識)到某事 (shǐ mǒurén rènshí dào mǒushì)
to drive/hammer sth home (fig) 强(強)调(調)某事 (qiángdiào mǒushì) (lit) 全部砸进(進)去 (quánbù zá jìnqu)
All related terms of 'home'
at home
( in house ) 在家 zàijiā ⇒ She went out to work, while he stayed at home to care for the children. → 她出去工作，而他则在家照顾孩子。 Tā chūqù gōngzuò, ér tā zé zàijiā zhàogù háizi.
home town
家乡(鄉) jiāxiāng
home-made
( bread, bomb ) 自制(製)的 zìzhì de
Home Office
▶ the Home Office 内(內)政部 Nèizhèngbù
mobile home
活动(動)住房 huódòng zhùfáng [ 座 zuò ]
funeral home
= funeral parlour
holiday home
度假时(時)的住处(處) dùjià shí de zhùchù [ 个(個) gè ]
home address
家庭地址 jiātíng dìzhǐ
home economics
家政学(學) jiāzhèngxué
home in on
( locate : missile, equipment ) 自动(動)追击(擊) zìdòng zhuījī ⇒ The Sidewinder missile can home in on its target with pinpoint accuracy. → 响尾蛇导弹能非常准确地追击目标。 Xiǎngwěishé dǎodàn néng fēicháng zhǔnquè de zhuījī mùbiāo.
Home Secretary
▶ the Home Secretary 内(內)政部长(長) Nèizhèng Bùzhǎng
nursing home
私人疗(療)养(養)院 sīrén liáoyǎngyuàn [ 家 jiā ]
a broken home
破裂的家庭 pòliè de jiātíng
home and dry ( Brit )
大功告成 dà gōng gào chéng
the Home Office
内(內)政部 Nèizhèngbù
old people's home
养(養)老院 yǎnglǎoyuàn [ 家 jiā ]
the Home Secretary
内(內)政部长(長) Nèizhèng Bùzhǎng
I'll walk you home
我陪你走回家 wǒ péi nǐ zǒuhuí jiā
a long way from home
离(離)家很远(遠) lí jiā hěn yuǎn
make yourself at home
请(請)不要拘束 qǐng bùyào jūshù
to hurry in/off/home
赶(趕)着(著)进(進)来(來)/走/回家 gǎnzhe jìnlái/zǒu/huíjiā
to set out from home
从(從)家里(裡)出发(發) cóng jiā li chūfā
to set up shop/home
开(開)店/定居 kāidiàn/dìngjū
I might get home late
我可能会(會)晚回家 wǒ kěnéng huì wǎn huíjiā
to drive/hammer sth home
( fig ) 强(強)调(調)某事 qiángdiào mǒushì
to run away from home
离(離)家出走 líjiā chūzǒu
a home from or ( US ) away from home
像家一样(樣)舒适(適)的地方 xiàng jiā yīyàng shūshì de dìfang
to bring sth home to sb
使某人认(認)识(識)到某事 shǐ mǒurén rènshí dào mǒushì
he didn't get home till 10pm
他直到晚上10点(點)才到家 tā zhídào wǎnshang shí diǎn cái dàojiā
he said he would be at home later
他说(說)他晚点(點)儿(兒)会(會)在家的 tā shuō tā wǎndiǎnr huì zài jiā de
in the privacy of one's own home
在自家私下里(裡) zài zìjiā sīxià li
the home of free enterprise/the blues
自由企业(業)/蓝(藍)调(調)音乐(樂)的起源地 zìyóu qǐyè/lándiào yīnyuè de qǐyuándì
you can always try telephoning him at home
你可以试(試)着(著)往他家里(裡)打电(電)话(話) nǐ kěyǐ shìzhe wǎng tā jiāli dǎ diànhuà
1 (noun)
Definition
the place where one lives
the allocation of land for new homes
Synonyms
dwelling (formal, literary)
Three thousand new dwellings are planned.
house
her parents' house in Warwickshire
residence
There was a stabbing at a residence next door.
abode
I went round the streets and found his new abode.
habitation (formal)
Behind the habitations, the sandstone cliffs rose abruptly.
pad (slang, old-fashioned)
She wants to buy a pad near Sydney's Bondi Beach.
domicile
They had moved their domicile to Bermuda.
dwelling place
2 (noun)
Definition
the country or area of one's birth
She decided to leave home when she turned 18.His father worked away from home for many years.
Synonyms
birthplace
Athens, the birthplace of the ancient Olympics
household
growing up in a male-only household
homeland
Many are planning to return to their homeland.
home town
homestead
native land
Godzone (Australian, informal)
3 (noun)
threatening the home of the famous African mountain gorillas
Synonyms
territory
environment
the maintenance of a safe environment for marine mammals
habitat
In its natural habitat, the hibiscus will grow up to 25ft.
range
element
haunt
home ground
abode
habitation
stamping ground
hearth
fireside
(adjective)
Definition
of one's home, birthplace, or native country
Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
Synonyms
domestic
sales in the domestic market
national
the national characteristics and history of the country
local
central
a central part of government policy
internal
The country stepped up internal security.
native
Several native plants also provide edible berries.
inland
a quiet inland town
phrases
See at home
See at home in, on, or with
idioms
See bring something home to someone
See hit home
phrasal verb
See home in on something or someone
related words
related maniaoikomania
related phobiaoikophobia
subject word lists
See Types of home
Quotations
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. Home, home, sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home! There's no place like home! [J.H. Payne – Clari, the Maid of Milan]Home is where the heart is [Pliny the Elder]Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in [Robert Frost – The Death of the Hired Man]
proverbs
East, west, home's bestAn Englishman's home is his castle