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Meaning of home in English

(Definition of home from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of home from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of home from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of home

home
Soldiers on leave and veterans returning home undoubtedly passed on their knowledge and experiences to the rest of the population.
For the most part, the returning soldiers were welcomed home warmly.
A group of 27 older adults in inpatient rehabilitation were interviewed during the programme and after returning home.
It is difficult to find a single refugee who thinks that they will be returning home any time in the near future.
The government has been reducing home-help services and experimenting with privatisation.
The data were collected at home parties, lunchtime breaks, and other private venues.
The mediastinal drain is removed on the morning after surgery and the patient is discharged home on the third day.
Other studies indicate that the quality of home and work roles intersect in important ways to predict well-being.
These limiting factors do not emerge in the accompanying scenario, which presents an unhurried and relatively straightforward assessment of a man living at home.
Large private providers may therefore deliver relatively high quality care, but this tends to be standardised across all their homes.
The philosophy of these homes is characterized by a very strong emphasis on training the staff.
Older infants may be more likely to have moved around to different foster homes and thus to have suffered more disruptions than younger infants.
The first option seems unlikely, especially given that all women were unlikely to have had paid employment outside the home.
As mentioned above, interrater reliability was checked during 20 home visits with two observers.
Sensitivity in the caregiver-infant interaction was assessed by behavior observations within the scope of home visits.
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Collocations with home

home

These are words often used in combination with home.

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abandoned home
They drive up to a huge abandoned home, break in, and quickly make themselves at home.
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adoptive home
Note that age at testing was the sum of age at adoption and time in the adoptive home.
ancestral home
Moreover, unlike sons, married daughters (even if facing marital harassment) have no residence rights in the ancestral home.
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Translations of home

in Chinese (Traditional)
房子/公寓, 家,住宅, (作為財產的)房屋,住宅…
in Chinese (Simplified)
房子/公寓, 家,住宅, (作为财产的)房屋,住宅…
in Spanish
hogar, casa, vivienda…
in Portuguese
lar, casa, asilo…
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घर, निवासस्थान, कुटुंब…
家, 家庭, (老人などの)ホーム…
ev, mesken, yuva…
maison [feminine], foyer [masculine], chez-soi [masculine]…
casa, llar, residència…
thuis, oorsprongsgebied, tehuis…
வீடு, அடுக்கு மாடி குடியிருப்பு போன்றவை. நீங்கள் வசிக்கும் இடம், குறிப்பாக உங்கள் குடும்பத்தினருடன்…
घर, निवास, मकान…
ઘર, મકાન, કુટુંબ…
hjem, hjemsted, -hjem…
hem, hemvist, hemland…
rumah, tempat asal, berkeluarga…
die Heimat, das Heim, die Wohnung…
hjem [neuter], hjemsted [neuter], bosted [neuter]…
گھر, مکان, آبائی گھر…
дім, житло, батьківщина…
дом, семья, приют (для сирот…
ఇల్లు, అపార్ట్ మెంట్, మొదలైనవి. మీరు నివసించే చోటు…
بَيْت, بَيْت الرعاية, المنْزِل…
বাড়ি, ঘর, আবাস…
domov, vlast, internát…
tempat tinggal, asal, panti…
บ้านเกิด, แหล่งกำเนิด, สถานสงเคราะห์…
nhà, chỗ ở, quê hương…
dom, dom opieki, do domu…
(사람들이 함께 사는)집, 주택, 집에…
casa, casa di riposo, istituto…
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