دائىرە: Universal Wordsnoun, adjective, adverb, verb
سۆز تۈركۈمى: nounhouse, etc.
1 [C,U] the house or flat/apartment that you live in, especially with your family:
We are not far from my home now. * Old people prefer to stay in their own homes. * She leaves home at 7 every day. * the family home * While travelling she missed the comforts of home. * He left home (= left his parents and began an independent life) at sixteen. * Nowadays a lot of people work from home. * I'll call you from home later. * (figurative) We haven't found a home for all my father's books yet (= a place where they can be kept). * stray dogs needing new homes
seealsoSTAY-AT-HOME
2 [C] a house or flat/apartment, etc., when you think of it as property that can be bought and sold:
a holiday / summer home * A lot of new homes are being built on the edge of town. * Private home ownership is increasing faster than ever. * They applied for a home improvement loan.
seealsoMOBILEHOME, SECONDHOME, STATELYHOME
town / country
3 [C,U] the town, district, country, etc. that you come from, or where you are living and that you feel you belong to:
I often think about my friends back home. * Jane left England and made Greece her home. * Jamaica is home to over two million people.
family
4 [C] used to refer to a family living together, and the way it behaves:
She came from a violent home. * They wanted to give the boy a secure and loving home. * He had always wanted a real home with a wife and children.
seealsoBROKENHOME
for old people / children
5 [C] a place where people who cannot care for themselves live and are cared for by others:
a children's home * an old people's home * a retirement home * a home for the mentally ill * She has lived in a home since she was six.
seealsoNURSINGHOME, RESTHOME
for pets
6 [C] a place where pets with no owner are looked after:
a dogs' / cats' home
of plant / animal
7 [sing.,U] the place where a plant or animal usually lives; the place where sb/sth can be found:
This region is the home of many species of wild flower. * The tiger's home is in the jungle. * The Rockies are home to bears and mountain lions. * Arizona is home to the Grand Canyon and the Petrified Forest. * Beverly Hills is the home of the stars.
where sth first done
8 [sing.] the ~ of sth the place where sth was first discovered, made or invented:
New Orleans, the home of jazz * Greece, the home of democracy
IDIOMS
at home
1 in a person's own house, flat/apartment, etc:
I phoned you last night, but you weren't at home. * Oh no, I left my purse at home. * He lived at home (= with his parents) until he was thirty.
2 comfortable and relaxed:
Sit down and make yourself at home. * Simon feels very at home on a horse.
3 (used especially in journalism) in sb's own country, not in a foreign country:
The president is not as popular at home as he is abroad.
4 if a sports team plays at home, it plays in the town, etc. that it comes from:
Leeds are playing at home this weekend. * Is the match on Saturday at home or away?
away from home
1 away from a person's own house, flat/apartment, etc:
He works away from home during the week. * I don't want to be away from home for too long.
2 (BrE) if a sports team plays away from home, it plays in the town, etc. that its opponent comes from:
The side has scored 24 goals away from home this season.
a home from home (BrE) (AmE a home away from home) a place where you feel relaxed and comfortable as if you were in your own home:
The guests are made to feel that the hotel is a home from home.
home sweet home (often ironic) used to say how pleasant your home is (especially when you really mean that it is not pleasant at all)
set up home (BrE) (used especially about a couple) to start living in a new place:
They got married and set up home together in Hull.
when he's, it's, etc. at home (BrE, humorous) used to emphasize a question about sb/sth:
Who's she when she's at home? (= I don't know her)
moreatCHARITY, CLOSEadj., EAT, ENGLISHMAN, SPIRITUAL
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
where you live
1 connected with the place where you live:
home life (= with your family) * a person's home address / town * We offer customers a free home delivery service.
made / used at home
2 made or used at home:
home movies * home cooking * a home computer * home brew (= beer that is made at home)
own country
3 (especially BrE) connected with your own country rather than foreign countries
SYNDOMESTIC:
products for the home market * home news / affairs
OPPFOREIGN, OVERSEAS
in sport
4 connected with a team's own sports ground:
a home match / win * the home team * Rangers were playing in front of their home crowd.
compareAWAY
