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EN[həʊm] [hoʊm] [-əʊm]
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WHome
  • A home is a dwelling-place used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for an individual, family, household or several families in a tribe.
  • Transitory accommodation, such as a hospital, prison, boarding school, college or university is not normally considered permanent enough to replace a more stable location as 'home'.
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    Definition of home in English Dictionary

  • NounPLhomesPREhome-SUF-ome
    1. (heading) A dwelling.
      1. And the disciples wet awaye agayne vnto their awne home.
      2. The rights listed in the UNCRC cover all areas of children's lives such as their right to have a home and their right to be educated.
      3. He enter'd in the house—his home no more, / For without hearts there is no home; [ …]
      4. It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home ‎
      5. a home for outcasts;  a home for the blind;  a veterans' home ‎
      6. [ …] because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: [ …]
    2. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.
      1. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.
        1. the home of the pine ‎
      2. (heading) A focus point.
        1. The object of Sorry! is to get all four of your pawns to your home. ‎
      3. (US) SLA Shortened form of homeboy.
        1. (computing) Short for home directory.
        2. VerbSGhomesPRhomingPT, PPhomed
          1. (usually with "in on") To seek or aim for something.
            1. The missile was able to home in on the target.
        3. Adjective
          1. Of or pertaining to one’s dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
            1. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
            2. Adverb
              1. To one’s home or country.
                1. go home, come home, carry home.
              2. Close; closely.
                1. To the place where it belongs; to the end of a course; to the full length.
                  1. to drive a nail home; to ram a cartridge home
                2. In one's place of residence or one's customary or official location; at home.
                  1. Everyone's gone to watch the game; there's nobody home.
                3. (Britain, soccer) Into the goal.
                  1. (Internet) To the home page.
                    1. Click here to go home.
                4. More Examples
                  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                    • He was made one of the guardians of the young king James IV. but soon lost influence, being superseded by the Homes and Hepburns, and the wardenship of the marches was given to Alexander Home.
                    • With the game crying out for width, the home fans roared on winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain whenever he touched the ball, but he was unable to show why he is a £10m target for Liverpool and Arsenal.
                    • They created the better chances while Boro, looking every inch a troubled team, rarely looked like avoiding a third successive goalless home draw.
                  2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
                    • As he would hitch it up, the horse would bolt and light out for home.
                    • In a fittingly modern use of mosaic tile, Tord Boontje pixelates his signature floral designs in a new collection of storage furniture for Bisazza Home.
                    • The kids sacked out in the back seat before we made it home.
                • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
                  1. Adjectives
                    • Uncomparable adjectives
                    • Adverbs
                      • Uncomparable adverbs
                      • Nouns
                        • Countable nouns
                        • Verbs
                        Related Links:
                        1. en homes
                        2. en homer
                        3. en homeward
                        4. en homely
                        5. en homestead
                        Source: Wiktionary
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                        Grammatically, this word "home" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.
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