home
- adverb
- /hoʊm/
- After a long day, I can't wait to come home and relax.
- go home
- come home
- return home
I think if I was back home, I would.
- I think if I was back home, I would.
- After the date, I drove her home and that was it.
- We gather at last, returning home to mark this moment.
- She refused an Uber ride home for free, Slept in bed.
- It's a man who jogs home from his own vasectomy.
- So I arranged to get a flight home and I did.
- People are like going home now, right?
- But I'm ready to go home so y'all can kick it.
- And you know, we're back home fairly soon.
- Now I'm home and I'm planning to be home until January.
- So they take me along just to get them home safely.
- We come at last, returning home to mark this mountaintop moment.
- He gets the check, brings it home to his wife in their trailer.
Examples
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Oh gosh, just got home from a lovely dinner.
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Oh, it feels nice to be home, really nice to be home.
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I think if I was back home, I would.
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Maybe this is a sign that we should be home watching football.
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The children also took the text home for a week to practice daily with their families.
Academic text (2013) -
Pick up several that interest you, and take them home to read with a critical eye.
Academic text (2011) -
After the date, I drove her home and that was it.
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So I arranged to get a flight home and I did.
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All right guys, I'm almost home now, so thank you for your comments and your company.
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Many schools sent leftover books and supplies home with children who had lost their possessions.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Leave a game or group angrily because you did not get your way
- Informal
To leave a group or activity because you do not get your way
- Informal
To eat so much at someone's home that they have almost no food left
- Offensive
Looking awake but not paying attention or thinking clearly
Compounds
A place where older people live and receive help with daily tasks and medical care
A place where people prepare a dead body for burial or cremation and say goodbye
- Texting
The main page of a website that appears when you open the site or your browser
- Jargon
A flat rubber base with five sides that a batter stands over and runners touch to score
- Specialized
Care and help with medical and personal needs in a person's home for elderly or disabled people
- Offensive
A person who has a romantic relationship with someone married or in a relationship, causing it to end
- US
A set of speakers and a big screen at home for watching movies like in a cinema
- Specialized
A loan that uses the value of your house to get money for big expenses
- Literature
A senior government minister who leads the Home Office and handles security, law and immigration
- UK
A UK government department that handles immigration, security and police matters
- Formal
The right of a city or county to run its own local matters without central government control
- Formal
An official order telling people to remain at home to slow the spread of a disease
A school subject about running a home, like cooking, sewing, and managing money
A place where a person, group, or animal feels most comfortable, often a team's regular field
A place where young people who have broken the law stay temporarily under court supervision
- Specialized
A regional bank that lends short-term money to local savings banks to support home loans
- Archaic
A hospital for people who cannot look after themselves because of mental illness
A US company backed by the government that buys home loans to help banks lend more
- Archaic
A festival at the end of the farming year when people gather to celebrate crops
Surface Forms
Etymology
Home As an adverb meaning 'to or at your place', 'home' comes from heim meaning 'house' and simply points toward where you live, so to arrive home is to come to your own place. This is why we use 'home' to show direction or location.