Meaning of "home" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOME

Old English hām; related to Old Norse heimr, Gothic haims, Old High German heim, Dutch heem, Greek kōmi village.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HOME

home  [həʊm]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOME

Home is a verb and can also act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb home in English.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HOME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Home

A home is a dwelling-place used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for an individual, family, household or several families in a tribe. It is often a house, apartment, or other building, or alternatively a mobile home, houseboat, yurt or any other portable shelter. Larger groups may live in a nursing home, children's home, convent or any similar institution. A homestead also includes agricultural land and facilities for domesticated animals. Where more secure dwellings are not available, people may live in the informal and sometimes illegal shacks found in slums and shanty towns. More generally, "home" may be considered to be a geographic area, such as a town, village, suburb, city, or country. Transitory accommodation, such as a hospital, prison, boarding school, college or university is not normally considered permanent enough to replace a more stable location as 'home'. In 2005, some 100 million people worldwide were estimated to be homeless, although some prefer the term 'houseless' or 'unsheltered'.

Definition of home in the English dictionary

The first definition of home in the dictionary is the place or a place where one lives. Other definition of home is a house or other dwelling. Home is also a family or other group living in a house or other place.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO HOME

PRESENT

Present

I home

you home

he/she/it homes

we home

you home

they home

Present continuous

I am homing

you are homing

he/she/it is homing

we are homing

you are homing

they are homing

Present perfect

I have homed

you have homed

he/she/it has homed

we have homed

you have homed

they have homed

Present perfect continuous

I have been homing

you have been homing

he/she/it has been homing

we have been homing

you have been homing

they have been homing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I homed

you homed

he/she/it homed

we homed

you homed

they homed

Past continuous

I was homing

you were homing

he/she/it was homing

we were homing

you were homing

they were homing

Past perfect

I had homed

you had homed

he/she/it had homed

we had homed

you had homed

they had homed

Past perfect continuous

I had been homing

you had been homing

he/she/it had been homing

we had been homing

you had been homing

they had been homing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will home

you will home

he/she/it will home

we will home

you will home

they will home

Future continuous

I will be homing

you will be homing

he/she/it will be homing

we will be homing

you will be homing

they will be homing

Future perfect

I will have homed

you will have homed

he/she/it will have homed

we will have homed

you will have homed

they will have homed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been homing

you will have been homing

he/she/it will have been homing

we will have been homing

you will have been homing

they will have been homing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would home

you would home

he/she/it would home

we would home

you would home

they would home

Conditional continuous

I would be homing

you would be homing

he/she/it would be homing

we would be homing

you would be homing

they would be homing

Conditional perfect

I would have home

you would have home

he/she/it would have home

we would have home

you would have home

they would have home

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been homing

you would have been homing

he/she/it would have been homing

we would have been homing

you would have been homing

they would have been homing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you home
we let´s home
you home

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to home

Past participle

homed

Present Participle

homing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «HOME»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «home» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of home

abode · birthplace · central · domestic · domicile · dwelling · element · environment · fireside · Godzone · habitat · habitation · haunt · hearth · home ground · home town · homeland · homestead · house · household · inland · internal · local · national · native · pad · range · residence · stamping ground · territory

TRANSLATION OF HOME

Find out the translation of home to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of home from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «home» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 回家
• Translator English - Spanish: a casa
• English: home
• Translator English - Hindi: घर
• Translator English - Arabic: بِالبَيْتِ
• Translator English - Russian: домой
• Translator English - Portuguese: para casa
• Translator English - Bengali: বাড়ি
• Translator English - French: à la maison
• Translator English - Malay: Rumah
• Translator English - German: heim
• Translator English - Japanese: 我が家へ
• Translator English - Korean: 집에
• Translator English - Javanese: omah
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ở nhà
• Translator English - Tamil: வீட்டில்
• Translator English - Marathi: घर
• Translator English - Turkish: ev
• Translator English - Italian: a casa
• Translator English - Polish: do domu
• Translator English - Ukrainian: додому
• Translator English - Romanian: acasă
• Translator English - Greek: σπίτι μου
• Translator English - Afrikaans: huis
• Translator English - Swedish: hem
• Translator English - Norwegian: hjem

10 QUOTES WITH «HOME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word home.

1

Imtiaz Ali

Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.

2

Michael Angarano

I kind of love coming home and being with family and feeling comfortable and knowing where I come from; I kind of like it.

3

Emmanuelle Beart

I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean that I stay at home.

4

David A. Bednar

A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met.

5

Chuck Berry

Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands... I went that way because I wanted a home of my own. I had a family. I had to raise them. Let's don't leave out the economics. No way.

6

Rachel Boston

My dad is an engineer and works on green energy, so I'm very aware of what it takes to keep a modern home running and how we can simplify.

7

John Breaux

My home was 25 miles from the gulf, and I did not want to see it become a shorefront property.

8

Pearl S. Buck

Let woman out of the home, let man into it, should be the aim of education. The home needs man, and the world outside needs woman.

9

Amanda Burton

I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the beach. I was wearing a grossly unflattering costume and they had published photographs of me taken from behind. I looked dreadful. I went into our local newsagent and bought up every copy.

10

Laura Bush

If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOME»

Discover the use of home in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to home and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Home: A Novel

It is Robinson’s greatest work, an unforgettable embodiment of the deepest and most universal emotions. Home is a 2008 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction.

Marilynne Robinson, 2008

Home

Each of the titles in this series, which has been produced in association with Save the Children UK, looks at the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on aspects of children's lives around the world.

Jean Harrison, 2008

Home

'Morrison's writing is so deft that even barely sketched characters leap off the page' Sunday Telegraph 'Toni Morrison still has the power to shock and deliver hope' Good Housekeeping 'Each word resounds with sultry, heat-oppressive Georgia ...

Toni Morrison, 2012

Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House

Ranging from suggestions for the care of musical instruments to maintaining home safety, a celebration of and guide to the finer points of home-keeping offers a contemporary, creative, and positive take on a traditional subject

Cheryl Mendelson, 2005

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

A memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father--a funeral home director, high school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.

Alison Bechdel, 2007

Home

'' Alexis Wright, author of Plains of Promise. A story of homecoming, this absorbing novel opens with a young, city-based lawyer setting out on her first visit to ancestral country.

Larissa Behrendt, 2010

Home: Social Essays

The author, poet, playwright, and composer documents the racial politics of America between 1960 and 1965 in a collection of essays on urban life, boxing, black sexuality, Harlem, and the Cuban revolution.

Amiri Baraka, 2009

Ethical Issues in Home Health Care

This book will help to answer some of the growing number of ethical questions and more complex issues that home health care nurses face.

Sheri Smith, Rosalind Ekman Ladd, Lynn Pasquerella, 2008

Building Your Own Home For Dummies

Keep construction on track with helpful checklists Turn your dream of a custom home into reality!

Kevin Daum, Janice Brewster, Peter Economy, 2011

Home Book of Smoke Cooking: Meat, Fish and Game

Discusses smokers you can build or purchase and gives tips on how to run them for optimum results.

Jack Sleight, Raymond Hull, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term home is used in the context of the following news items.

Chris Brown's Tarzana Home Is Robbed by Up to 5 Men While Aunt …

Two months after an alleged stalker broke into singer Chris Brown's Agoura Hills home, his Tarzana residence was robbed and ransacked by ... «KTLA, Jul 15»

'Heroes' save co-worker trapped under home - KSAT.com

'Heroes' save co-worker trapped under home. 39-year-old man critically injured after home collapsed during foundation repairs. Posted TODAY, 9:32 PM ... «KSAT San Antonio, Jul 15»

Brockton woman, 89, tied up during home invasion | Local News …

An 89-year-old woman was tied up in her Brockton house and her jewelry was stolen during a home invasion Tuesday afternoon, the ... «WCVB Boston, Jul 15»

Metro residents say home is inviting trouble | KFOR.com

If you notice a home like this in your neighborhood, the city is asking that you report it immediately. Once the home is declared a nuisance, the ... «kfor.com, Jul 15»

Family trusts will be caught in foreigner home-buying crackdown - Stuff

Many family trusts only hold the family home, a legacy of a wave of trust sales more than a decade ago when people sought to shield the home ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

Bethenny Frankel Opens Up About Her First Real Home - Great …

“This is the first real home I've had in my entire life,” says Frankel, 44, of the new Bridgehampton farmhouse she purchased in April. “I've moved ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»

The long, messy history of 50 Cent's Connecticut home … - Boston.com

50 Cent's home dwarfs the rest of the neighborhood. ... But the Connecticut address he listed as his home in the filing is no stranger to owners ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»

All-Star game, Home Run Derby draw most combined viewers since …

Despite rave reviews for the new Home Run Derby format and an enjoyable All-Star game headlined by young superstars Mike Trout and ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»

US mother suing police after she was arrested naked in her home …

July 16, 2015: Mobile phone footage has emerged of the moment police officers illegally entered an Arizona home and arrested a woman ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»

Blackrock home to be replaced by 13 houses if permission granted

While some developers may have overlooked the home's development potential due to its limited access, with no direct road frontage other ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»