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- [hohm]
- /hoʊm/
- /həʊm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hohm]
- /hoʊm/
Definitions of home word
- noun home Lord, Douglas-Home. 1
- adjective home of, relating to, or connected with one's home or country; domestic: home products. 1
- adjective home principal or main: the corporation's home office. 1
- adjective home reaching the mark aimed at: a home thrust. 1
- adjective home Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: The pitcher didn't lose a single home game all season. Compare away (def 11). 1
- adverb home to, toward, or at home: to go home. 1
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Origin of home
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English hom, Old English hām (noun and adv.); cognate with Dutch heim, Old Norse heimr, Danish hjem, Swedish hem, German Heim home, Gothic haims village; akin to haunt
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Parts of speech for Home
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
home popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
home usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for home
noun home
- hut — a small or humble dwelling of simple construction, especially one made of natural materials, as of logs or grass.
- dormitory — a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
- apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
- dwelling — Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.
- palace — the official residence of a king, queen, bishop, or other sovereign or exalted personage.
adjective home
- internal — situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
- inland — pertaining to or situated in the interior part of a country or region: inland cities.
- interior — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- local — low-cal.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
Antonyms for home
noun home
- office — Microsoft Office
adjective home
- foreign — of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native: foreign cars.
- outside — the outer side, surface, or part; exterior: The outside of the house needs painting.
- business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
- commercial — Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
- industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
Top questions with home
- how long will it take me to get home?
- how do i get home?
- how much home can i afford?
- how to make money from home?
- what time does home depot close?
- what is my home worth?
- home is where the heart is?
- how far am i from home?