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[Middle English, from Old English hām.]
The well secured home probably includes an entryphone, grilles,...and an alarm—Financial Times, 1982.It is usual to say in the privacy of one's own home rather than one's own house, and estate agents tend to prefer home as having a more personal sound. In American English, home is used much more freely where in British English house would be used:
In Beverly Hills and Bel Air, we saw the homes (never called houses) of Jane Withers, Greer Garson, and Barbra Streisand—Guardian, 1973.
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noun
adjective
Idioms beginning with home:
homework
home free
home in on
home run
home truth
See also at home; bring home; bring home the bacon; chickens come home to roost; close to home
Drive Home; eat someone out of house and home; make oneself at home; nobody home; nothing to write home about; till the cows come home.
Definition: domestic
Antonyms: business, commercial
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Definition: place where human lives
Antonyms: office
We arrived home after midnight last night.
Tutor's tip: "Hone" (sharpen) your social skills at "home" (where you live).
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Quotes:
"It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there."
- Elsie De Wolfe
"I have been photographing our toilet, that glossy enameled receptacle of extraordinary beauty. Here was every sensuous curve of the human figure divine but minus the imperfections. Never did the Greeks reach a more significant consummation to their culture, and it somehow reminded me, in the glory of its chaste convulsions and in its swelling, sweeping, forward movement of finely progressing contours, of the Victory of Samothrace."
- Edward Weston
"When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I begin to think of the victims of intact ones."
- Peter De Vries
"Home is the place where we are treated the best, but grumble the most."
- Source Unknown
"One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge."
- Mark Twain
"Should not every apartment in which man dwells be lofty enough to create some obscurity overhead, where flickering shadows may play at evening about the rafters?"
- Henry David Thoreau
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Independence and dependency needs mark the feelings of going home. Home also represents security issues and childlike desires that need to be fulfilled. (See also Mansion).
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A home is a place of residence or refuge.[1] When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can live and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either living in the wild or shared with humans in a domesticated environment. "Home" is also used to refer to the geographical area (whether it be a suburb, town, city or country) in which a person grew up or feels they belong, or it can refer to the native habitat of a wild animal. Sometimes, as an alternative to the definition of "home" as a physical locale ("Home is where you hang your hat"), home may be perceived to have no physical location, instead, home may relate instead to a mental or emotional state of refuge or comfort. Popular sayings along these lines are "Home is where the heart is" or "You can never go home again".
There are cultures in which member lack a permanent home, such as nomadic peoples.
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The word "home" can be used for various types of residential community institutions in which people can live, such as nursing, retirement homes for seniors, prisons for criminals, treatment facilities, etc., and foster homes. A home is generally a place that is close to the heart of the owner, and can become a prized possession.
The word can also be used when certain characters come "home." The most usual example of this is Daddy. Upon arrival, Daddy would typically yell "Daaaaaaadddddddyyyyy's Home!".
In computer terminology, a 'home' may refer to a starting view that branches off into other tasks, e.g. a homepage or a desktop. In a full screen editor, home is often used to mean the top-leftmost character cell, or the leftmost cell on a line in a line editor. These are the initial ones used by left-to-right languages. A standard 101-key PC keyboard contains a Home key. Many home pages on the with introductory information, recent news or events, and links to subpages. "Home" may also refer to a home directory which contains the personal files of a given user of the computer system.
Since it can be said that humans are generally creatures of habit, the state of a person's home has been known to physiologically influence their behavior, emotions, and overall mental health.[citation needed] The loss of a home (due to whatever reason, be it through accident or natural disaster, repossession, or in the case of children simply the decision to move on the part of the parents) can be a valid cause of relocation.
Some people may become homesick when they leave their home over an extended period of time. Sometimes homesickness can cause a person to feel actual symptoms of illness.
It has been argued that psychologically "The strongest sense of home commonly coincides geographically with a dwelling. Usually the sense of home attenuates as one moves away from that point, but it does not do so in a fixed or regular way."[2] Furthermore, places like homes can trigger self-reflection, thoughts about who someone is or used to be or who they might become. These types of reflections also occur in places where there is a collective historical identity, such as Gettysburg or Ground Zero.[3]
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hjem, hus, hjemsted, fødested, institution, mål, mållinje
adj. - hjemlig, indenlandsk, indenrigs, indre
adv. - hjem, i mål
v. intr. - finde hjem, vende tilbage, søge hjem
v. tr. - sende hjem, huse, give et hjem
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Nederlands (Dutch)
thuis, aan huis, op zijn gemak, naar huis, waar iets thuishoort, huis, woning, domein, woonplaats, de huiselijke cirkel, huishouding, gezin, tehuis, zetel, bakermat, binnenland, thuishonk, binnenlands, plaatselijk, ter plaatse, huisvesten, wonen, naar huis gaan andere plek waar men zich thuisvoelt
Français (French)
n. - (gén) logement, maison, maison (de retraite, de santé), foyer (familial), pays, patrie, pays de (spécialité), lieu privilégié (tennis, golf), habitat, (fig) place
adj. - de famille, familial, du foyer, intérieur, (Sport) à domicile, qui reçoit (une équipe)
adv. - chez soi, à la maison, (lit) complètement, (fig) bien faire passer (un message), (fig) faire voir qch à, (fig) toucher juste
v. intr. - savoir retourner chez soi (un animal)
v. tr. - loger, recevoir
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Haus, Heimat, Ziel, Heim, Herkunft, Sitz
adj. - inländisch, Haus..., häuslich
v. - heimkehren, nach Hause zurückkehren, wohnen, ein Heim geben, zielen (auf), richten (auf)
adv. - heim, nach Hause, zu Hause
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατοικία, σπίτι, πατρίδα, γενέτειρα, καταφύγιο, άσυλο, ίδρυμα, οίκος, οικογένεια, έδρα (αγωνιζομένου)
adj. - εγχώριος, ντόπιος, οικογενειακός
v. - επιστρέφω στο σπίτι, κατευθύνω/-ομαι σε στόχο
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Italiano (Italian)
in casa, in patria, a casa, dimora, casa, base, nazionale, interno, domestico, tornare a casa, rinviare alla base
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - lar (f), casa (f), abrigo, lugar (f) de origem, pátria (f)
adj. - doméstico
v. - ir ou voltar para casa, ter casa, prover (dar ou colocar em) casa
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Русский (Russian)
дом, семья, родина, приют, домашний, родной, жилой, внутренний, находиться дома, попасть в цель, возвращаться домой
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Español (Spanish)
n. - casa, hogar, morada, base del bateador, cuna
adj. - casero, hogareño, del hogar
adv. - en casa, hacia la casa, hacia la patria
v. intr. - dirigir (misiles), volver a casa, residir
v. tr. - albergar
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hem, bostad, hemort, -land, anstalt, tillhåll (zool.), växtplats, hemmamatch, mål (i spel)
adj. - hem-, hembygds-, inhemsk, hemgjord, hushålls-, effektiv, huvud-
v. - återvända hem, anflyga mot, bo, ge hem åt, styra (mot målet)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
家, 故乡, 避难所, 家庭的, 有效的, 国内的, 在家, 到家, 回家, 回本国, 自动导航, 把...送回家, 为...提供住处
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 家, 故鄉, 避難所
adj. - 家庭的, 有效的, 國內的
adv. - 在家, 到家, 回家, 回本國
v. intr. - 回家, 自動導航
v. tr. - 把...送回家, 為...提供住處
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 집, 가정, 고향, 수용소, 안식처
adj. - 가정의, 적절한, 중앙의
adv. - 자기 집에, 과녁에 맞아, 바다에서 해안 쪽으로, 푹
v. intr. - 제집에 돌아오다, ~에 집을 가지다, 표적을 향해가다
v. tr. - 집에 돌려 보내다, ~에게 집을 주다, ~를 향하게 하다
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日本語 (Japanese)
n. - わが家, 家庭, 生息地, 本場, 発祥地, 根拠地, 故郷, 故国, 本国, 決勝点, 本塁, 療養所, 家, 住居, 宿泊所, 収容所
adj. - 家庭の, 故郷の, 自国の, 胸にこたえる, ぐさりと急所をつく, 本拠の, 本拠地で行われる, 本国の
adv. - わが家へ, 自国へ, 家に, ぐさりと
v. - 家に帰る, 巣に帰る
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بيت, منزل, الموطن للحيوان والنبات, وطن, مسقط الرأس, , المقر الرئيسي, ملجأ, الهدف في مختلف الالعاب (صفه) ذو علاقه بالبيت أو المنزل ألخ (فعل) يعود إلى البيت أو إلى الوطن, يعود الحيوان إلى موطنه من مسافه ما, يتخذ لنفسه مقرا, يبعث به إلى البيت أو الوطن أو الهدف, يؤوي وطن ثان بعيدا عن وطنه الأول يأخذ حريته في بيت شخص آخر وكأنه ببيته هو
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - בית
adj. - ביתי, פנימי, משפחתי
adv. - בבית, הבייתה, אל היעד
v. intr. - התביית
v. tr. - שב הבייתה, חזר לבסיס, שלח הביתה, סיפק בית ל-
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