Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to their opponents, the visiting team.

    The home team really pulled off a surprise in the bottom of the ninth. It made for some really exciting baseball for all these lucky fans out here today.

    Heimmannschaft

    кома́нда хозяевkománda xozjajev

  2. (figuratively, idiomatic)The ingroup (in whatever context).

    Let's have a round of applause for the home team, as these quarterly production numbers are a big win.

    Dang, I wish she played for the home team, because I would love to date her. [Said by one straight person to another in reference to a gay person.]

Examples

9 sentences
  1. The home team won.

    ruХозяева победили. — venticello

    deDie Heimmannschaft hat gewonnen. — Tamy

  2. If our last batter had not hit a home run, team would've lost the game.

  3. The home team always have an advantage over their opponents.

  4. After half-time the home team slowed the pace of the game.

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  5. The home team grabbed the equaliser at the beginning of the second half.

    deZu Beginn der zweiten Halbzeit konnte die Heimmannschaft den Ausgleich erzielen. — Zaghawa

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
team playing in its home territory or field:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
team playing in its home territory or field:

Forms

plural: home teams
Singularhome team
Pluralhome teams

regular

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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