HOME


Meaning of HOME in English

I.

noun

1 where sb lives; where sb/sth comes from

ADJECTIVE

▪ family , marital ( BrE ), matrimonial ( BrE ), parental ( BrE )

It's unusual for young people over 25 to still live in the family ~.

▪ boyhood , childhood

▪ adopted

▪ permanent , temporary

a shelter for people with no permanent ~

a temporary ~ for the paintings

▪ current , former

▪ new , old

▪ good , happy , loving , safe , secure ( BrE ), stable

These children badly need a stable ~ life.

The garage provides a secure ~ for your car.

▪ broken

children from a broken ~ (= whose parents are no longer together)

▪ single-parent , two-parent

More and more children in the school are from single-parent ~s.

▪ middle-class , working-class , etc.

▪ winter

The mudflats offer a winter ~ to thousands of migrating swans.

▪ natural , spiritual

The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual ~.

VERB + HOME

▪ be away from , get away from , leave

He didn't leave ~ until he was 24.

▪ abandon , flee

The people abandoned their ~s and headed for the hills.

▪ find (sb/sth) , give sb/sth

Perhaps we could find a ~ for the kitten.

HOME + NOUN

▪ address , number

Try calling me on my ~ number after six o'clock.

▪ background , conditions , environment , life , situation

He came from an appalling ~ background.

She had never had a stable ~ life.

▪ comforts ( esp. BrE )

She desperately missed her ~ comforts while camping.

▪ appliance

▪ cinema ( BrE ), entertainment , theater ( AmE )

the market for ~ entertainment systems

▪ movie , video

We have a ~ movie of my dad teaching me to swim.

▪ use

This computer is marketed for ~ use.

▪ computer

▪ user

a laser printer aimed at the ~ user

▪ study

The course is suitable for classroom or ~ study.

▪ work , worker , working (all esp. BrE )

He supplements his income with part-time or ~ work.

▪ office

▪ care , nursing , visit

The doctor was assaulted on a ~ visit.

▪ remedy , treatment

I've tried all the ~ remedies for headaches without success.

▪ leave

He went missing while on ~ leave from prison.

▪ consumption

He claimed he had bought the cigarettes for ~ consumption.

PREPOSITION

▪ at ~ , away from ~

Her job means she's away from ~ for weeks at a time.

▪ back ~ , in your own ~

▪ ~ of

Andalusia, the ~ of flamenco

PHRASES

▪ a ~ away from ~ ( AmE ), a ~ from ~ ( BrE )

The hotel's friendly atmosphere makes it a real ~ (away) from ~.

▪ ~ sweet ~ (= used to say how pleasant your home is) , on the ~ front (= used to introduce domestic news)

On the ~ front, the fuel crisis continues to worsen.

▪ welcome ~

The banner said ‘Welcome ~, Dad!’

2 house, flat/apartment, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ beautiful , comfortable , nice

▪ luxurious , luxury , magnificent , palatial

▪ private

▪ new , new-build ( BrE )

▪ custom ( AmE )

▪ existing , old

▪ affordable , humble , modest

▪ dream

They found their dream ~ on the shore of a lake.

▪ detached , semi-detached

▪ terrace , terraced (both BrE )

▪ modern , traditional , Victorian

▪ own

They designed and built their own ~.

▪ rental ( AmE ), rented

▪ council ( BrE )

▪ ranch , tract (both AmE )

▪ country , seaside ( esp. BrE ), suburban , village ( esp. BrE )

He used to spend the summer painting at his country ~.

▪ holiday ( BrE ), second , summer , vacation ( AmE ), weekend , winter

They also have a weekend ~ in the Catskills.

▪ caravan ( BrE ), mobile ( esp. AmE ), motor (usually motorhome ) , trailer

The storm wrecked the family's motorhome.

▪ ancestral , historic , stately ( BrE )

Priceless antique furniture was destroyed in the fire at the stately ~.

VERB + HOME

▪ own

He'd always dreamed of owning his own ~.

▪ buy , purchase

▪ build

▪ decorate , furnish

▪ destroy

HOME + NOUN

▪ buyer , owner

▪ ownership

▪ builder

▪ building , construction

▪ sales

▪ improvement , maintenance , repairs

▪ extension ( BrE )

▪ loan

▪ furnishings

▪ contents ( BrE )

Make sure you insure your ~ contents for an adequate amount.

▪ insurance

▪ security

Fitting a burglar alarm is the most effective way to increase ~ security.

3 place that provides care for sb/sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ care ( esp. BrE ), children's , convalescent , foster , nursing , old people's ( esp. BrE ), residential ( BrE ), rest , retirement

▪ funeral

▪ purpose-built ( BrE )

Work begins this week on a purpose-built ~ for the city's homeless.

VERB + HOME

▪ run

They run a retirement ~ for the elderly.

II.

adj.

Home is used with these nouns: ↑ address , ↑ affair , ↑ appliance , ↑ arena , ↑ batsman , ↑ birth , ↑ buyer , ↑ care , ↑ city , ↑ comfort , ↑ computer , ↑ confinement , ↑ constituency , ↑ construction , ↑ consumption , ↑ cook , ↑ cooking , ↑ country , ↑ county , ↑ crowd , ↑ decoration , ↑ delivery , ↑ district , ↑ electronics , ↑ entertainment , ↑ environment , ↑ extension , ↑ fan , ↑ farm , ↑ favourite , ↑ fixture , ↑ game , ↑ gardener , ↑ ground , ↑ gym , ↑ heating , ↑ improvement , ↑ inspection , ↑ inspector , ↑ insurance , ↑ invasion , ↑ kitchen , ↑ leave , ↑ life , ↑ loan , ↑ magazine , ↑ maintenance , ↑ market , ↑ match , ↑ mortgage , ↑ movie , ↑ number , ↑ nursing , ↑ owner , ↑ ownership , ↑ page , ↑ phone , ↑ port , ↑ purchase , ↑ recording , ↑ refrigerator , ↑ remedy , ↑ renovation , ↑ repair , ↑ rule , ↑ run , ↑ safety , ↑ sale , ↑ schooling , ↑ security , ↑ series , ↑ shopping , ↑ side , ↑ site , ↑ stadium , ↑ studio , ↑ team , ↑ territory , ↑ theatre , ↑ town , ↑ truth , ↑ turf , ↑ use , ↑ user , ↑ venue , ↑ video , ↑ viewer , ↑ village , ↑ visit , ↑ visitor , ↑ water , ↑ win

III.

adv.

Home is used with these verbs: ↑ drive , ↑ head , ↑ order , ↑ return , ↑ ride , ↑ run , ↑ rush , ↑ stay , ↑ strike , ↑ tap , ↑ travel , ↑ trudge , ↑ walk

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