homecomingnoun
uk/ˈhəʊmˌkʌm.ɪŋ/us/ˈhoʊmˌkʌm.ɪŋ/homecoming noun (ARRIVAL)
[ C ] the fact of a person arriving home after being away for a long time:
They planned a special celebration for her homecoming.
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Arrivals and departures
- admittance
- advent
- approach
- arr
- arrival
- check
- check in
- check sth in
- connection
- dep
- departure
- descent
- destination
- entry
- eta
- inflow
- influx
- invasion
- landfall
- outflow
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homecoming noun (CELEBRATION)
[ C or U ] US a celebration at a school or a college to honour people who were students there earlier
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Celebrations, parties & special occasions
- a night on the town idiom
- a/the gathering of the clans idiom
- afterparty
- April Fool's Day
- bachelor party
- fayre
- feast
- fest
- festival
- festive
- fundraiser
- New Year's Eve
- night
- nightclubbing
- nightlife
- occasion
- party planner
- prom
- rage
- rave
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