An informal reception in one's home.
adj.
- Being, occurring, or functioning in one's home: at-home workers; at-home care.
- Designed for or appropriate for one's home: at-home fashions.
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Dictionary:
at-home (ət-hōm', ăt-) |
| Idioms: at home |
1.
In one's own residence, town, or country. For example, Mary was not at home when I called, or Tourists in a foreign country often behave more rudely than they do at home. This idiom was first recorded in a ninth-century treatise.
2.
Ready to receive a visitor, as in We are always at home to our neighbor's children. This usage gave rise to the noun
at-home, meaning a reception to which guests are invited on a specific day at specific hours (also see open house). [c. 1600]
3.
Also,
at home with. Comfortable and familiar, as in Mary always makes us feel at home, or I've never been at home with his style of management. [Early 1500s] Also see
at ease, def. 1.
4.
Also,
at home with. Proficient, well-versed in, as in Young John is so much at home with numbers that he may well become a mathematician, or Chris is really at home in French. [Late 1700s]
5.
In team sports, playing on one's own field or in one's own town. For example, The Red Sox always do better at home than they do at away games.
| WordNet: at home |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a reception held in your own home
The adjective at home has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
settled comfortably
Meaning #2:
in your own home or country
The adverb at home has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(in sports) on the home team's field
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