English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "home"

home

Từ điển Collocation

home noun

¹ place where sb/sth lives

ADJ. boyhood, childhood, family, marital, matrimonial, natural, parental Placing a child in public care is sometimes the only solution to ill-treatment in the natural home. It's unusual for young people over 25 to still live in the parental home. | native She left her native home in Ireland and went to America. | permanent, temporary a shelter for people with no permanent home | comfortable, luxurious, luxury, magnificent, nice, pleasant | humble | happy, secure, stable, supportive These children badly need a stable and secure home life. The lock-up garage provides a secure home for your car. | broken children from a broken home (= whose parents are no longer together) | single-parent More and more children in the school are from single-parent homes. | middle-class, working-class, etc. | dream They found their dream home on the shore of a lake. | detached, semi-detached, terrace/terraced | rented | council | country, island, mountain, riverside, seaside, suburban, valley, village He used to spend the summer painting at his country home. | holiday, weekend They also have a holiday home in Spain. | caravan, mobile, motor The storm wrecked the family's caravan home. | ancestral | stately Priceless antique furniture was destroyed in the fire at the stately home. | forest These birds are in danger of becoming extinct as their forest home disappears. | winter The mudflats offer a winter home to thousands of migrating swans. | legendary The hill is the legendary home of King Arthur. | spiritual The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual home.

VERB + HOME arrive, come, get, go, make your way Let's go home?I'm tired. | bring sb/sth, take sb/sth | be away from, get away from, leave He didn't leave home until he was 24. | abandon The people abandoned their homes and headed for the hills. | find (sb/sth), give sb/sth Perhaps we could find a home for the kitten.

HOME + NOUN address, number Try phoning me on my home number after six o'clock. | buyer, owner | ownership | purchase | sales | background, conditions, environment, life, situation He came from an appalling home background. She had never had a stable home life. | area, base, country, district, state, town | territory, turf I arranged to meet her in her office, as she seemed more relaxed on her home territory. | improvement, maintenance, repairs | extension | loan | help My grandmother has a home help who comes and cleans twice a week. | appliance | computer | furnishings | contents Make sure you insure your home contents for an adequate amount. | comforts She desperately missed her home comforts while camping. | insurance | security Fitting a burglar alarm is the most effective way to increase home security. | entertainment the market for home entertainment systems | use This video is for home use only. | user a laser printer aimed at the home user | trial We are offering a free 15-day home trial on our software. | student, study The course is suitable for classroom or home study. | tutor | work, worker He supplements his income with part-time or home work. | baking, cooking She missed her mother's home cooking. | nursing | visit The doctor was assaulted on a home visit. | remedy, treatment I've tried all the home remedies for headaches without success. | leave He went missing while on home leave from prison. | movie, video We have a home movie of my dad teaching me to swim. | consumption He claimed he had bought the cigarettes for home consumption, not to sell them. | market They hope to sell as many computers on the home market as they export. | affairs, news the party's spokesman for home affairs The newspaper gives priority to home news over international news. | port, waters seamen serving in home waters

PREP. at ~, away from ~ Her job means she's away from home for weeks at a time. | back ~, in your own ~ | ~ of Andalusia, the home of flamenco

PHRASES a home from home The hotel's friendly atmosphere makes it a real home from home. | home-grown home-grown vegetables (figurative) The show gives home-grown musical talent the chance to show what they can do. | home-made home-made bread | on the home front (= used to introduce domestic news) On the home front, the fuel crisis continues to worsen. | welcome home The banner said ‘Welcome home dad!’

² place that provides care for sb/sth

ADJ. care, charity, children's, convalescent, foster, nursing, old people's, remand, residential, rest, retirement | purpose-built Work begins this week on a purpose-built home for the city's homeless.

VERB + HOME provide (sb with) We have to provide a good home for the children. | run They run a retirement home for the elderly.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• where you live at a particular time; place

  deliver the package to my home

  he doesn't have a home to go to

  your place or mine?

• housing that someone is living in; dwelling, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house

  he built a modest dwelling near the pond

  they raise money to provide homes for the homeless

• the country or state or city where you live

  Canadian tariffs enabled United States lumber companies to raise prices at home

  his home is New Jersey

• an environment offering affection and security

  home is where the heart is

  he grew up in a good Christian home

  there's no place like home

• an institution where people are cared for; nursing home, rest home

  a home for the elderly

• the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end; base
• a social unit living together; family, household, house, menage

  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

• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; home plate, home base, plate

  he ruled that the runner failed to touch home

• place where something began and flourished

  the United States is the home of basketball

v.

• provide with, or send to, a home
• return home accurately from a long distance

  homing pigeons

adj.

• used of your own ground; home(a)

  a home game

• relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are

  my home town

• inside the country; home(a), interior(a), internal, national

  the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior

  the nation's internal politics

adv.

• at or to or in the direction of one's home or family

  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

  I'll take her home

  don't forget to write home

• on or to the point aimed at

  the arrow struck home

• to the fullest extent; to the heart

  drove the nail home

  drove his point home

  his comments hit home

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. A beginning position, such as the upper left corner of a character-based display, the left end of a line of text, cell A1 of a spreadsheet, or the top of a document.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

homes|homed|homing
syn.: abode asylum dwelling habitat hearth hospital institution residence sanitarium
ant.: abroad foreign