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home1 [ houm ] noun ***

▸ 1 place where you live

▸ 2 building for living in

▸ 3 place on sports field

▸ 4 where something started

▸ 5 base for sports team

▸ 6 home page

▸ 7 of plants and animals

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) count or uncount the place where you live:

We go to a school close to our home.

a child in need of a loving home

at home: Peter isn't at home today.

away from home: I hate being away from home too long.

a ) uncount the place where your parents live and where you grew up:

at home: He is 43 and still living at home.

leave home (=permanently stop living with your parents): I left home when I was 18.

b ) uncount the country, state, or city where you live:

make something your home: We decided to make Jamaica our home.

at home: a great opportunity in markets both at home and abroad

back home (=in my state or country): Back home, the weather is much better.

be home to: California is home to many vineyards.

c ) only before noun relating to your home rather than your work:

a home computer

home address/home phone number: Write your home address at the top of your letter.

home life (=family relationships): My home life is very important to me.

d ) only before noun done, made, or experienced at home:

home cooking/shopping/banking

home comforts

2. ) count a building for people to buy or rent:

One thousand new homes are being built in the area.

There is a shortage of homes for rent.

a ) a building where people who need special care can live and be cared for, for example an old-people's home or a children's home:

They didn't want to put their mother in a home.

home for: a home for orphans

3. ) uncount a place on a sports field that a player must try to get to in order to score a point in some sports. This is short for home plate or home base in baseball and other games.

4. ) singular home of the place where something first started or was first made:

New Jersey is the home of professional basketball.

5. ) uncount the place where a sports team is based and plays most of its games. A team that is playing at home is called the home team, and their supporters are called the home crowd. If a team plays at the place where the opposing team is based, they are playing away:

at home: The Diamondbacks are playing at home tonight.

6. ) uncount COMPUTING a HOME PAGE

7. ) count the place where a particular group of people or type of plant or animal lives:

home of: These wetlands are the home of a great variety of wildlife.

be/feel/look at home

to be/feel/look relaxed and comfortable in a particular place or situation:

Daniel looks very at home with the children.

They did everything they could to make me feel at home.

don't try this at home

used for warning someone not to try to do something that you are showing them. This is often used by television PRESENTERS.

home away from home

a place where you feel as relaxed as you do in your own home:

New York felt like a home away from home for Jim.

home sweet home

used for saying that you are happy to be back in your own home

make yourself at home

to feel relaxed and behave in the same way as you do in your own home:

Make yourself at home while I go and find those photographs.

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home 2 [ houm ] adverb ***

1. ) to the place where you live:

How was the journey home?

I was sick on the plane home.

come/go/return home: What time are you coming home?

I went home to France.

on the way home (from something): On the way home from school, I met my friend Sue.

walk/drive/fly etc. home: I decided to walk home.

2. ) at the place where you live:

Is Kathryn home?

I'll be home all day Tuesday.

hammer/hit/drive something home

1. ) to tell people about something in a way that makes them understand and accept it, especially by repeating it many times:

He hammered home the message that his party would be tough on crime.

2. ) INFORMAL to score a goal or point with a very powerful kick or hit:

Beckham hammered the ball home from 20 yards.

hit/strike home

if something you say hits or strikes home, people understand it and accept it

home free INFORMAL

having finished the worst or most difficult part of something

take something home

to earn a particular amount of money from your job:

She takes home about $400 a week.

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home 3 [ houm ] verb

,home `in on phrasal verb transitive

1. ) home in on something to aim at something and move quickly and directly to it:

A large insect was homing in on his neck.

2. ) home in on something to go straight to the most important part of a situation or the part of a situation that you are most interested in:

Sometimes they homed in on the right conclusion with incredible speed.