hometown

CEFRA2

/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
The town or city where someone grew up or lives.
02
noun
Extra detail
Designating a decision or judgement that is biased, or perceived to be biased, in favour of local preference.

Examples

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meaning

In context

Tom went back to his hometown.
hometown decision, hometown verdict
These vehicles convey Esther from her hometown hospital, then to a city hospital, and finally from the city hospital in another hearselike conveyance […]

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These vehicles convey Esther from her hometown hospital, then to a city hospital, and finally from the city hospital in another hearselike conveyance […]
1994, Lindsey Tucker, Textual escap(e)ades
“It’s not good stewardship. If the guests wanted to walk through a funhouse with guys jumping out of the shadows saying ‘booga-booga,’ they’d go to one of the Halloween Houses in their hometowns. The Mansion’s better than that. I can’t be a part of this plan.”
2003, Cory Doctorow, chapter 6, in Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Candace Rivers’ involvement with trucking began, fittingly, on Interstate 20 not far from her hometown of Oxford, Alabama.
2021 April 10, AJ Willingham, “Female truckers have become TikTok influencers, and they’re changing the transportation game”, in CNN

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