Meaning of home In English

• 0 the house, apartment, etc. where you live, especially with your family:

  • The senator has two homes - an apartment in Washington and a house in Colorado.

  • He was living on the streets for three months, and his home was a cardboard box.

  • Call me at home after four o'clock.

  • women who decide to stay at home and look after their children

  • He left home (= stopped living with his parents) when he was 23.

  • UK More and more couples are setting up home together without getting married.

  • luxury/starter homes

  • We had a happy home.

  • children from a broken home (= from a family in which the parents had separated)

  • a children's home/an old people's home/a dogs' home

  • He spent his early years in a home.

• 1 someone's or something's place of origin, or the place where a person feels they belong:

  • I live in London, but my home (= where I was born) is in Greece.

  • I was actually born in New Zealand, but I've lived in Hong Kong for so long that it feels like home now.

• 2 your own country or your own area:

  • She loves France, but she misses home.

  • At home we call this "lardy cake".

  • UK I wonder what they're doing back at home.

• 3 at or to your house or the place where you live:

  • Don't worry, I'll be home soon.

  • US I'm sorry, he's not home right now.

  • mainly US The kids were home alone.

  • She decided to give up and go home.

  • He came home as the dawn was breaking.

  • Josh was tired so we took him home.

  • I took home a couple of books to read.

  • I'll bring everyone home after the party.

  • When you get home late you don't feel like cooking.

  • I hope you made it home safely last night?

  • mainly US women who decide to stay home and care for their children

  • We pray all our troops will come home safely.

  • mainly US I wonder what they're doing back home.

  • US Back home we call this jelly.

• 4 relating to the house, flat, etc. where someone lives:

  • home ownership

  • home improvements/maintenance

  • mainly US home prices

  • home cooking

  • home-brewed beer

  • a home computer

  • my home telephone number

  • His home life is affecting his work.

  • students who have a difficult home situation

• 5 connected with or done in your own country:

  • His books were a success in his home country/market, but failed to find an audience abroad.

• 6 relating to the place where a team is based and plays a lot of its games:

  • the home team/side

  • a home ground

  • a home match/game

  • UK the home strip (= clothing worn by a team when they play a home match)

  • home advantage (= the improved chance of success that playing at home gives to a team)

• 7 a structure in which a person lives, esp. a house or apartment:

  • [ U ] Phone me at home after four o’clock.

  • [ C ] We have a country home and a city home.

  • [ C ] a happy home

  • [ C ] a nursing home

• 8 a place of origin, or the place where a person belongs:

  • [ C ] Australia is the home of the kangaroo.

  • [ U ] I’ve lived here for two years, but it still doesn’t feel like home.

  • She’s beginning to feel at home in her new job.

  • Go into the living room and make yourself at home.

• 9 done or made in the place where you live:

  • home cooking

  • a home game

• 10 to or toward the place where you live:

  • going home

• 11 relating to your own country, not a foreign country:

  • The company decided it was over-dependent on the home market, and struck out abroad.

• 12 used to describe the place where a company has its main offices or factories:

  • Previously, European airlines could only fly to the US from the carrier's home country.

• 13 relating to the home, not business:

  • equipment for home use

  • home audio equipment

• 14 relating to the place where you live:

  • Please send the paperwork to my home address.

  • Home delivery is free if you spend more than £100.

• 15 to earn a particular amount of money after tax has been subtracted from your pay:

  • She takes home $3000 per month.