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/həʊm/

noun · adverb

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  1. 01

    noun

    The place where a person lives.

  2. 02

    adverb

    To or at the place where you live.

Examples

  • We returned home late last night after a long vacation.

  • Why don't we go home?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /hom/
  • /hoʊm/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A dwelling., The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; childhood or parental home; home of one’s parents or guardian.

  2. A dwelling.

  3. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.

More examples

In context

  • It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home

  • Make yourself at home.

  • Does she still live at home? - No, she moved out and got an apartment when she was 18, but she still lives in the city.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from the root *tḱey-. Doublet of heyem. Cognates Cognate with Scots hame (“home”), Yola haime, hime, hyme (“home”), Saterland Frisian Heem (“home”), Alemannic German haim, hei, heim, hemmu (“home”), Bavarian hama, hame (“home”), Cimbrian hòam, huam (“home”), Dutch heem, heim (“home”), German Heim (“home”), Limburgish heim, Héïm (“home”), Luxembourgish Heem (“home”), Mòcheno hoa'm (“home”), Vilamovian ham, hām, haom (“home”), Yiddish היים (heym, “home”), Danish hjem (“home”), Faroese, Icelandic heim (“home”), heimur...