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Home
noun
noun: home; plural noun: homes
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the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.“I was nineteen when I left home and went to college”
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the family or social unit occupying a home.“he came from a good home and was well educated”
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a house or an apartment considered as a commercial property.“low-cost homes for first-time buyers”
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a place where something flourishes, is most typically found, or from which it originates.“Piedmont is the home of Italy’s finest red wines”
synonyms: origin, source, cradle, fount, fountainhead “the home of fine wines” -
informala place where an object is kept.
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an institution for people needing professional care or supervision.“an old people’s home”
synonyms: institution, nursing home, retirement home, rest home; More -
Sportsthe goal or end point.
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the place where a player is free from attack.
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(in lacrosse) each of the three players stationed nearest their opponents’s goal.
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Baseballshort for home plate.
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a game played or won by a team on their own field or court.
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adjective
adjective: home
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of or relating to the place where one lives.“I don’t have your home address”
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(of a sports game) played at the team’s own field or court.“their first home game of the season”
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relating to or denoting a sports team that is playing at its own field or court.“the home team”
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North Americandenoting the administrative center of an organization.“the company has moved its home office”
adverb
adverb: home
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to or at the place where one lives.“what time did he get home last night?”
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to the end or conclusion of a race or something difficult.“the favorite romped home six lengths clear”
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Baseballto or toward home plate.
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to the intended or correct position.“he drove the bolt home noisily”
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verb
verb: home; 3rd person present: homes; past tense: homed; past participle: homed; gerund or present participle: homing
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(of an animal) return by instinct to its territory after leaving it.“a dozen geese homing to their summer nesting grounds”
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(of a pigeon bred for long-distance racing) fly back to or arrive at its loft after being released at a distant point.
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move or be aimed toward (a target or destination) with great accuracy.“more than 100 missiles were launched, homing in on radar emissions”
synonyms: focus on, concentrate on, zero in on, center on, fix on.
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Home Page
noun
noun: home page; plural noun: home pages; noun: homepage; plural noun: homepages
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the introductory page of a website, typically serving as a table of contents for the site.
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a web page set as the default or start-up page on a browser.“I love his site and it’s been my home page for years”
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