Meaning

14 senses
  1. A dwelling.

    One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family.

  2. The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; a childhood or parental home; the home of one’s parents or guardian.

    Does she still live at home? - No, she moved out and got an apartment when she was 18, but she still lives in the city.

    Elternhaus, Nest, Zuhause

    домdom

    домівкаdomivka

  3. The abiding place of the affections, especially of the domestic affections.

    домdom

    дімdim

  4. A house that has been made homelike, to suit the comfort of those who live there.

    It's what you bring into a house that makes it a home

  5. A place of refuge, rest or care; an asylum.

    a home for outcasts

    a home for the blind

  6. (broadly)The grave; the final rest; also, the native and eternal dwelling place of the soul.

  7. (broadly)Anything that serves the functions of a home, as comfort, safety, sense of belonging, etc.

  8. One’s native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one’s ancestors dwell or dwelt.

    Heimat

    ро́динаródina

    ба́тьківщинаbátʹkivščyna, батьківщи́наbatʹkivščýna, домі́вкаdomívka

    the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

  9. The locality where a thing is usually found, or was first found, or where it is naturally abundant; habitat; seat.

    the home of the pine

    Heimat

    среда́ обита́нияsredá obitánija, есте́ственная среда́jestéstvennaja sredá

    середовище проживанняseredovišče proživannja, середовище иснуванняseredovišče isnuvannja

  10. A focus point.

    The ultimate point aimed at in a progress; the goal.

    The object of Sorry! is to get all four of your pawns to your home.

  11. Home plate.

  12. The place of a player in front of an opponent’s goal; also, the player.

Examples

17506 sentences
  1. You are free to go home.

    Ти можеш йти додому. — Squaw

    ruМожете идти домой. — marafon

    deEs steht dir frei, nach Hause zu gehen. — Kuraimegami

  2. I would rather stay at home.

    Я би краще залишився вдома. — deniko

    deIch würde lieber zu Hause bleiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Why did she come home early?

    Чому вона прийшла додому раніше? — aandrusiak

    ruПочему она рано пришла домой? — marafon

    deWarum ist sie früher nach Hause gekommen? — Wolf

  4. When did your father come home?

    Коли ваш батько повернувся додому? — fagott

    deWann ist dein Vater nach Hause gekommen? — freddy1

  5. Everything is all right at home.

    Вдома все добре. — uaspeaker

    ruДома всё в порядке. — Hellerick

    deZu Hause ist alles in Ordnung. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
house or structure in which someone lives — see also domicile, dwelling, abode:
childhood or parental home:
someone’s native land:
habitat:
Русский
By meaning 3
house or structure in which someone lives — see also domicile, dwelling, abode:
someone’s native land:
habitat:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
house or structure in which someone lives — see also domicile, dwelling, abode:
place of refuge or rest — see also asylum, roof:
childhood or parental home:
someone’s native land:

Origin

From Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-

From Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), from the root *tḱey-. Doublet of heyem.

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Forms

plural: homes

Synonyms

18 synonyms
(baseball) home plate:home base
Close in meaning

Word family

264 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • go home
  • get home
  • stay at home
  • be at home
  • to go home
  • back home
  • came came home
  • stay home
  • go home early
  • home on monday
  • walk home
  • home early

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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