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home
inside the country
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adjective
inside the country
“the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior”
adjective
used of your own ground
“a home game”
adjective
relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
“my home town”
adverb
at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
“He stays home on weekends”
adverb
to the fullest extent; to the heart
“drove the nail home”
adverb
on or to the point aimed at
“the arrow struck home”
noun
housing that someone is living in
“he built a modest dwelling near the pond”
noun
an institution where people are cared for
“a home for the elderly”
noun
(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
“he ruled that the runner failed to touch home”
noun
a social unit living together
“he moved his family to Virginia”
noun
the country or state or city where you live
“Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home”
noun
the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
noun
where you live at a particular time
“deliver the package to my home”
noun
place where something began and flourished
“the United States is the home of basketball”
noun
an environment offering affection and security
“home is where the heart is”
verb
return home accurately from a long distance
“homing pigeons”
verb
provide with, or send to, a home
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Example Sentences
the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior
the nation's internal politics
a home game
my home town
He stays home on weekends
after the game the children brought friends home for supper
I'll be home tomorrow
came riding home in style
I hope you will come home for Christmas
drove the nail home
drove his point home
his comments hit home
the arrow struck home
he built a modest dwelling near the pond
they raise money to provide homes for the homeless
a home for the elderly
he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
he moved his family to Virginia
It was a good Christian household
I waited until the whole house was asleep
the teacher asked how many people made up his home
the family refused to accept his will
Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home
his home is New Jersey
deliver the package to my home
he doesn't have a home to go to
your place or mine?
the United States is the home of basketball
home is where the heart is
he grew up in a good Christian home
there's no place like home
homing pigeons
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