homecoming

CEFRC1

/ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A return home or a school event celebrating former students.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen.

Examples

  • Tom told me he asked Mary to the homecoming dance.

  • Tom took Mary to the homecoming dance.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act or event of returning home.

  2. Ellipsis of harvest homecoming, a traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.

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In context

  • His homecoming was saddened by the news of his mother's death the day before.

  • Many alumni come back for homecoming, and many freshmen are advised to flee.

  • homecoming ball

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home + coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”).