(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Someone’s ~ is the house or flat where they live.
Last night they stayed at ~ and watched TV...
...his ~ in Hampstead.
...the allocation of land for new ~s.
N-COUNT: oft poss N, also at N
2.
You can use ~ to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place.
She gives frequent performances of her work, both at ~ and abroad...
His father worked away from ~ for much of Jim’s first five years...
Warwick is ~ to some 550 international students...
N-UNCOUNT
3.
Home means to or at the place where you live.
His wife wasn’t feeling too well and she wanted to go ~...
Hi, Mom, I’m ~!...
ADV: ADV after v, be ADV
4.
Home means made or done in the place where you live.
...cheap but healthy ~ cooking...
All you have to do is make a ~ video.
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.
Europe’s software companies still have a growing ~ market.
= domestic
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
A ~ is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them.
...an old people’s ~.
N-COUNT
7.
You can refer to a family unit as a ~.
She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving ~ for Harriet...
N-COUNT
8.
If you refer to the ~ of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found.
This south-west region of France is the ~ of claret.
N-SING: with supp, usu N of n
9.
If you find a ~ for something, you find a place where it can be kept.
The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a ~ for.
N-COUNT: oft N for n
10.
If you press, drive, or hammer something ~, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible.
It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press ~ the argument.
ADV: ADV after v
11.
When a sports team plays at ~, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team’s ground.
I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at ~ and beat them away.
N-UNCOUNT: usu at N
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Home is also an adjective.
All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all ~ games together.
? away
ADJ: ADJ n
12.
If you feel at ~, you feel comfortable in the place or situation that you are in.
He spoke very good English and appeared pleased to see us, and we soon felt quite at ~...
PHRASE: v-link PHR
13.
To bring something ~ to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
Their sobering conversation brought ~ to everyone present the serious and worthwhile work the Red Cross does.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to n
14.
If you say that someone is, in British English ~ and dry, or in American English ~ free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
The prime minister and the moderates are not yet ~ and dry.
PHRASE: v-link PHR
15.
If a situation or what someone says hits ~ or strikes ~, people accept that it is real or true, even though it may be painful for them to realize.
Did the reality of war finally hit ~?...
PHRASE: V inflects
16.
You can say a ~ from ~ in British English or a ~ away from ~ in American English to refer to a place in which you are as comfortable as in your own ~.
Many cottages are a ~ from ~, offering microwaves, dishwashers, tvs and videos.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR approval
17.
If you say to a guest ‘Make yourself at ~’, you are making them feel welcome and inviting them to behave in an informal, relaxed way.
CONVENTION politeness
18.
If you say that something is nothing to write ~ about, you mean that it is not very interesting or exciting. (INFORMAL)
So a dreary Monday afternoon in Walthamstow is nothing to write ~ about, right?
PHRASE: v-link PHR
19.
If something that is thrown or fired strikes ~, it reaches its target. (WRITTEN)
Only two torpedoes struck ~.
PHRASE: V inflects