home*/*/*/

home*/*/*/
[həʊm] noun I
1) [C/U] the place where you live
We go to a school close to our home.[/ex]
a child in need of a loving home[/ex]
Peter isn't at home today.[/ex]
I hate being away from home.[/ex]
See:
house
2) [U] the place where your parents live and where you grew up
He is 43 and still living at home.[/ex]
I left home when I was 18 (= stopped living there).[/ex]
3) [U] the country or city where you live
a great opportunity in markets both at home and abroad[/ex]
Back home, the weather is much better.[/ex]
4) [C] a building for people to buy or rent
One thousand new homes are being built in the area.[/ex]
There is a shortage of homes for rent.[/ex]
5) [C] a building where people who need special care can live and be looked after
They didn't want to put their mother in a home.[/ex]
a home for orphans[/ex]
6) [U] the place where a sports team is based and plays most of its games
United are playing at home tonight.[/ex]
7) [singular] the place where something first started or was first made
Scotland is the home of golf.[/ex]
•
be/feel at home — to be/feel relaxed and comfortable in a particular place or situation[/ex]
They did everything they could to make me feel at home.[/ex]
make yourself at home — to feel relaxed and behave in the same way as you do in your own home[/ex]
Make yourself at home while I go and find those photographs.[/ex]
II
adv
home */*/*/[həʊm]
1) to the place where you live
I decided to walk home.[/ex]
What time are you coming home?[/ex]
I went home to France.[/ex]
On the way home from school, I met my friend Sue.[/ex]
2) at the place where you live
Is Kathryn home?[/ex]
I'll be home all day Tuesday.[/ex]
III
adj
home [həʊm]
1) relating to your home rather than your work
Write your home address at the top of the page.[/ex]
2) done, made, or experienced at home
home cooking/shopping/banking[/ex]
3) relating to things that happen within a country, rather than between different countries
These cameras sell well in the home market.[/ex]
4) relating to the place where a sports team is based
a home win[/ex]
the team's home ground (= where they usually play)[/ex]
IV verb home [həʊm] - home in on sth

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