INDEX:
1. where someone lives
2. to be in your home
3. happening or doing something in someone’s home
4. words for describing something that is used in people’s homes
5. to or towards your home
6. to not be in your home
7. to provide someone with a place to live
8. to have no home
9. people who have no home to live in
RELATED WORDS
be from a country : ↑ COME FROM
leave your home : ↑ LEAVE
see also
↑ HOUSE
↑ LIVE
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1. where someone lives
▷ home /həʊm/ [countable/uncountable noun]
the place where you live :
▪ People like to feel secure in their own homes.
▪ Buying your first home is a very important step.
family home
the house where a family has lived for a long time
▪ To raise the extra money they had to sell the family home.
home life
the things you do at home
▪ You need to maintain a good balance between your home life and career.
▷ Jerry’s/my mother’s/the Carters’ etc /ˈdʒeriz/ [noun phrase] spoken
the place where Jerry, my mother, the Carters etc live :
▪ OK. I’ll see you at Helen’s at eight o'clock.
▪ We were at the Thompsons’ last Saturday for dinner.
▪ You’ve never been to my sister’s, have you?
▷ place /pleɪs/ [singular noun] spoken informal
the house, apartment etc where someone lives :
▪ Terry’s just bought himself a place over in Newgate, overlooking the harbour.
somebody’s place
▪ Why don’t you come around to our place for a drink on Saturday?
▪ Your place is too small for a party. Let’s have it at mine.
▷ residence /ˈrezɪd ə ns, ˈrezəd ə ns/ [countable noun] formal
someone’s home, especially the home of an important person, that is sometimes used for official dinners, meetings etc :
▪ 10 Downing Street is the British Prime Minister’s official residence.
▪ We first met at a cocktail party at the residence of the Russian ambassador.
▷ address /əˈdresǁˈædres/ [countable noun]
the number of the house or building, and the name of the street, road and town where someone lives :
▪ What’s your address and telephone number?
change of address
when you move to a different address
▪ Notify your credit card company of any change of address.
address book
a list of addresses of your friends, family etc
▪ I checked my address book for Rick’s house number.
2. to be in your home
▷ be at home/be home /biː ət ˈhəʊm, biː ˈhəʊm/ [verb phrase]
▪ I’ll be at home tonight if you want to call me.
▪ We’re just going to stay at home rather than go away anywhere.
▪ Jim’s never home Friday nights. You should know that.
stay home
▪ It was raining, so I stayed home.
be home alone
home on your own, used especially about children
▪ The two-year-old girl had been left home alone.
▷ be in /biː ˈɪn/ [verb phrase]
if someone is in, they are in their home and you can visit them or talk to them on the phone :
▪ ‘Hello, Mrs Jones. Is Sally in, please?’
▪ We went to see Phil and Tony but there was nobody in.
▪ No, Gerry won’t be in until after eight o'clock.
3. happening or doing something in someone’s home
▷ at home /ət ˈhəʊm/ [adverb]
▪ The good thing about my job is that I can often work at home.
▪ Earlier in the century it was normal for women to have their babies at home.
▪ Darren still lives at home with his parents.
▷ domestic /dəˈmestɪk/ [adjective usually before noun]
happening in or relating to the home :
▪ She likes to keep her domestic life quite separate from her work.
▪ The women had all experienced some form of domestic violence.
4. words for describing something that is used in people’s homes
▷ home /həʊm/ [adjective only before noun]
designed to be used in homes :
▪ The company has decided to expand in the home computer market.
▪ Home furnishings are on the second floor next to the toy department.
▷ domestic /dəˈmestɪk/ [adjective only before noun]
designed to be used in homes, rather than in factories, offices, or other public places :
▪ The gas is used for domestic heating and cooking.
▪ The store sells a wide range of domestic appliances.
5. to or towards your home
▷ home /həʊm/ [adverb]
go/come/arrive etc home
▪ He cleans the offices after all the workers have gone home.
▪ Come straight home after the theatre, won’t you?
bring/take something home
▪ You can take the laptop home with you if you like.
6. to not be in your home
▷ be out /biː ˈaʊt/ [verb phrase] especially spoken
to not be in your home for a short period :
▪ ‘Can I speak to Frank?’ ‘I’m sorry he’s out right now.’
▪ While they were out, someone broke in and stole their TV and VCR.
▷ be away /biː əˈweɪ/ [verb phrase]
to not be in your home for several days, weeks, or months :
▪ Who’s going to look after your cats while you’re away?
be away from
▪ Jack worked as a pilot and was often away from home.
7. to provide someone with a place to live
▷ house /haʊz/ [transitive verb]
if an organization houses someone, it provides them with a home to live in :
▪ The refugees have been fed, clothed and housed by welfare organizations around the world.
▷ accommodate /əˈkɒmədeɪtǁəˈkɑː-/ [transitive verb] formal
to provide someone with a place to live, especially someone who is away from their own home, for example a student :
▪ Once you have been accepted at the university they promise to accommodate you in a dormitory.
▪ Migrant workers are to be accommodated near the place where they work.
8. to have no home
▷ not have anywhere to live also have nowhere to live /nɒt hæv ˌeniweəʳ tə ˈlɪv, hæv ˌnəʊweəʳ tə ˈlɪv/ [verb phrase not in progressive]
▪ She was in a strange city, with no job and without anywhere to live.
▪ He’s staying at my house because he has nowhere to live right now.
▷ homeless /ˈhəʊmləs/ [adjective]
having no home to live in, especially because you are very poor or have been forced to leave your old home :
▪ The possibility that he might become homeless frightened him.
▪ There is a system of shelters for homeless people.
▪ The earthquake left thousands of people homeless.
homelessness [uncountable noun]
▪ The committee criticized the government’s new policy on homelessness.
▷ be on the streets /biː ɒn ðə ˈstriːts/ [verb phrase] informal
to sleep outdoors in a city because you do not have anywhere to live :
▪ As many as 250,000 children are homeless and on the streets.
▪ He ran away from home and lived rough on the streets until the police helped him get into a hostel.
9. people who have no home to live in
▷ the homeless /ðə ˈhəʊmləs/ [noun phrase]
▪ We distribute food and blankets to the homeless on the streets of London.
▪ There aren’t enough places in short-stay hostels, so the homeless are reduced to sleeping in cardboard boxes.
▷ transient /ˈtrænziəntǁˈtrænʃ ə nt/ [countable noun] American
someone who has no home or regular work :
▪ Empty houses attract drug users and transients.
▪ Farther along the street was a transient who was carrying his belongings in a plastic bag.
▷ bum /bʌm/ [countable noun] American informal
a person, usually a man, who has no home or regular job and asks people for money on the streets :
▪ A couple of bums were passing a bottle in a doorway.
▷ bag-lady /ˈbæg ˌleɪdi/ [countable noun] informal
a woman with no home or job who carries all her possessions around with her in a bag :
▪ A bag lady with a shopping cart was picking through the garbage for aluminum cans.
▷ tramp /træmp/ [countable noun]
someone, especially a man, who has no home or job , and who often asks people for money to live :
▪ An old tramp was sleeping under Waterloo Bridge, his coat wrapped tight to keep out the cold.
▷ vagrant /ˈveɪgrənt/ [countable noun] especially written
someone who has no home or regular work, and goes from place to place - used especially in legal or official contexts :
▪ Our charity provides shelter, meals, and clothing for vagrants.
▪ The number of vagrants is increasing because of the lack of affordable accommodation for rent in the capital.