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home  (hm)

n.

1. A place where one lives; a residence.

2. The physical structure within which one lives, such as a house or apartment.

3. A dwelling place together with the family or social unit that occupies it; a household.

4.

a. An environment offering security and happiness.

b. A valued place regarded as a refuge or place of origin.

5. The place, such as a country or town, where one was born or has lived for a long period.

6. The native habitat, as of a plant or animal.

7. The place where something is discovered, founded, developed, or promoted; a source.

8. A headquarters; a home base.

9.

a. Baseball Home plate.

b. Games Home base.

10. An institution where people are cared for: a home for the elderly.

11. Computer Science

a. The starting position of the cursor on a text-based computer display, usually in the upper left corner of the screen.

b. A starting position within a computer application, such as the beginning of a line, file, or screen or the top of a chart or list.

adj.

1.

a. Of or relating to a home, especially to one's household or house: home cooking; home furnishings.

b. Taking place in the home: home care for the elderly.

2. Of, relating to, or being a place of origin or headquarters: the home office.

3. Sports Relating to a team's sponsoring institution or to the place where it is franchised: a home game; the home field advantage.

4. Of, relating to, or being the keys used as base positions for the fingers in touch-typing: The home row on a standard keyboard consists of the keys for A, S, D, F, J, K, L, and ;.

adv.

1. At, to, or toward the direction of home: going home for lunch.

2. On or into the point at which something is directed: The arrow struck home.

3. To the center or heart of something; deeply: Your comments really hit home.

v. homed, hom·ing, homes

v.intr.

1. To go or return to one's residence or base of operations.

2. To be guided to a target automatically, as by means of radio waves.

3. To move or lead toward a goal: The investigators were homing in on the truth.

v.tr.

To guide (a missile or aircraft) to a target automatically.

Idioms:

at home

1. Available to receive visitors: at home on Thursdays.

2. Comfortable and relaxed; at ease: at home in diplomatic circles.

3. Feeling an easy competence and familiarity: at home in French.

home free

Out of jeopardy; assured of success: We had our hardest exams first and were home free after that.

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[Middle English, from Old English hm; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]

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home [həʊm]

n

1. the place or a place where one lives have you no home to go to?

2. a house or other dwelling

3. a family or other group living in a house or other place

4. a person's country, city, etc., esp viewed as a birthplace, a residence during one's early years, or a place dear to one

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) the environment or habitat of a person or animal

6. the place where something is invented, founded, or developed the US is the home of baseball

7. (Social Welfare)

a.  a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc.

b.  an informal name for a mental home

8. (Team Sports, other than specified) Sport one's own ground the match is at home

9. (Team Sports, other than specified)

a.  the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports

b.  an area where a player is safe from attack

10. (Team Sports / Lacrosse) Lacrosse

a.  one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal

b.  a player assigned to such a position inside home

11. (Team Sports / Baseball) Baseball another name for home plate

12. NZ informal, obsolete Britain, esp England

a home from home a place other than one's own home where one can be at ease

at home

a.  in one's own home or country

b.  at ease, as if at one's own home

c.  giving an informal party at one's own home

d.  Brit such a party

at home in, on, or with familiar or conversant with

home and dry Brit informal definitely safe or successful we will not be home and dry until the votes have been counted Austral. and NZ equivalent home and hosed

near home concerning one deeply

adj (usually prenominal)

1. of, relating to, or involving one's home, country, etc.; domestic

2. (of an activity) done in one's house home taping

3. effective or deadly a home thrust

4. (Team Sports, other than specified) Sport relating to one's own ground a home game

5. US central; principal the company's home office

adv

1. to or at home I'll be home tomorrow

2. to or on the point

3. to the fullest extent hammer the nail home

4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (of nautical gear) into or in the best or proper position the boom is home

bring home to

a.  to make clear to

b.  to place the blame on

(Transport / Nautical Terms)

come home Nautical (of an anchor) to fail to hold

come home to to become absolutely clear to

nothing to write home about Informal to be of no particular interest the film was nothing to write home about

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) (of birds and other animals) to return home accurately from a distance

2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Navigation) (often foll by on or onto) to direct or be directed onto a point or target, esp by automatic navigational aids

3. to send or go home

4. to furnish with or have a home

5. (intr; often foll by in or in on) to be directed towards a goal, target, etc.

[Old English hām; related to Old Norse heimr, Gothic haims, Old High German heim, Dutch heem, Greek kōmi village]

homelike  adj

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Home [hjuːm]

n

(Biographies / Home, Baron) Baron. See (Baron) Home of the Hirsel

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	home - where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?" place abode, residence - any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" home away from home, home from home - a place where you are just as comfortable and content as if you were home
	2.	home - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, abode, domicile bathroom, bath - a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet bedchamber, bedroom, sleeping accommodation, sleeping room, chamber - a room used primarily for sleeping cliff dwelling - a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff; "the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States" condo, condominium - one of the dwelling units in a condominium den - a room that is comfortable and secluded dinette - a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining dining room, dining-room - a room used for dining dressing room - a room in which you can change clothes family room - a recreation room in a private house fixer-upper - a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price) fireside, hearth - home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides" hermitage - the abode of a hermit homestead - dwelling that is usually a farmhouse and adjoining land house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed kitchen - a room equipped for preparing meals lake dwelling, pile dwelling - dwelling built on piles in or near a lake; specifically in prehistoric villages front room, living room, living-room, sitting room, parlor, parlour - a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax indian lodge, lodge - any of various Native American dwellings messuage - (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household semi-detached house - a dwelling that is attached to something on only one side vacation home - a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation yurt - a circular domed dwelling that is portable and self-supporting; originally used by nomadic Mongol and Turkic people of central Asia but now used as inexpensive alternative or temporary housing
	3.	home - 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" location - a point or extent in space
	4.	home - (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score; "he ruled that the runner failed to touch home" home base, home plate, plate baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" bag, base - a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
	5.	home - the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end base location - a point or extent in space
	6.	home - place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball" origin, source, root, rootage, beginning - the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
	7.	home - 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" environment - the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room"
	8.	home - a social unit living together; "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" family, household, menage, house broken home - a family in which the parents have separated or divorced conjugal family, nuclear family - a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner extended family - a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives foster family - the family of a fosterling foster home - a household in which an orphaned or delinquent child is placed (usually by a social-service agency) menage a trois - household for three; an arrangement where a married couple and a lover of one of them live together while sharing sexual relations social unit, unit - an organization regarded as part of a larger social group; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
	9.	home - an institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly" nursing home, rest home institution - an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
Verb	1.	home - provide with, or send to, a home domiciliate, house, put up - provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"
	2.	home - return home accurately from a long distance; "homing pigeons" return - go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before; "return to your native land"; "the professor returned to his teaching position after serving as Dean"
Adj.	1.	home - used of your own ground; "a home game" athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition away - used of an opponent's ground; "an away game"
	2.	home - relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are; "my home town"
	3.	home - inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" interior, internal, national domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"
Adv.	1.	home - 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"
	2.	home - on or to the point aimed at; "the arrow struck home"
	3.	home - to the fullest extent; to the heart; "drove the nail home"; "drove his point home"; "his comments hit home"

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home

noun

1. dwelling, house, residence, abode, habitation, pad (slang), domicile, dwelling place the allocation of land for new homes

2. birthplace, household, homeland, home town, homestead, native land She was told to leave home by her father. His father worked away from home for many years.

3. territory, environment, habitat, range, element, haunt, home ground, abode, habitation, stamping ground threatening the home of the famous African mountain gorillas

adjective

1. domestic, national, local, central, internal, native, inland Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.

at home

2. in, present, available Remember I'm not at home to callers.

3. at ease, relaxed, comfortable, content, at peace We soon felt quite at home.

at home in, on, or with familiar with, experienced in, skilled in, proficient in, conversant with, au fait with, knowledgeable of, well-versed in Graphic artists will feel at home with Photoshop

bring something home to someone make clear, emphasize, drive home, press home, impress upon It was to bring home to Americans the immediacy of the crisis.

hit home strike home, get through, sink in, be understood, hit the mark Those words of yours really hit home.

home in on something or someone focus on, target, concentrate, highlight, underline, spotlight, fix on, focus attention on, zero in on The critics immediately homed in on the film's failings. see hone

Related words
like oikomania
fear oikophobia

Quotations
"Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,"
"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."
"Home, home, sweet, sweet home!"
"There's no place like home! There's no place like home!" [J.H. Payne Clari, the Maid of Milan]
"Home is where the heart is" [Pliny the Elder]
"Home is the place where, when you have to go there,"
"They have to take you in" [Robert Frost The Death of the Hired Man]

Proverbs
"East, west, home's best"
"An Englishman's home is his castle"

Types of home

adobe, apartment, back-to-back, barrack, bedsitter, black house (Scot.), board-and-shingle (Caribbean), boarding house, booth, bungalow, bunker, but and ben (Scot.), cabin, caboose (Canad.), camboose, Cape Cod cottage, caravan, castle, chalet, chateau or château, chattel house, consulate, cot or cote (dialect), cottage, cottage flat, crannog, croft, dacha (Russian), deanery, digs, doss house, duplex or duplex apartment (U.S. & Canad.), embassy, farmhouse, flat, flatlet, flophouse, flotel, garret, grange, guest house, hacienda, hall, hogan, hostel, hotel, house, houseboat, hovel, hut, igloo or iglu, inn, lake dwelling, lodge, log cabin, long house, maisonette, manor, manse, mansion, mattamore, mews (informal), mobile home, motel, motor caravan, mud hut, palace, parsonage, penthouse, pied-à-terre, prefab, priory, ranch, rath (Irish), rectory, rest-home, roadhouse, semi, shack, shanty, shooting box, show house, single-end (Scot. dialect), slum, starter home, stately home, studio flat, tavern, tenement, tent, tepee, town house, trailer (U.S. & Canad.), tree house, tupik or tupek (Canad.), vicarage, villa, whare (N.Z.), wigwam

Translations

home [həʊm]

A. N

1. (= house) → casa f; (= residence) → domicilio m
there's no place like home → como su casa no hay dos
this tool has no home → esta herramienta no tiene lugar propio
at home → en casa
to feel at home → sentirse como en casa
make yourself at home → estás en tu casa
is Mr Lyons at home? → ¿está el señor Lyons?
to make sb feel at home → hacer que algn se sienta en casa
the duchess is at home on Fridays → la duquesa recibe los viernes
Lady Rebecca is not at home to anyone → Lady Rebecca no recibe a nadie
at home and abroad → dentro y fuera del país
he is at home with the topic → domina bien la materia
I`m not at home in Japanese → apenas me defiendo en japonés, sé muy poco de japonés
home from home (Brit)
home away from home (US) → segunda casa
for us this is a home from home → aquí estamos como en casa, ésta es como una segunda casa para nosotros
to give sb/sth a home → dar casa a algn/algo; (= position, niche) → encontrar sitio para algn/algo
he comes from a good home → es de buena familia
"good home wanted for puppy" → búscase buen hogar para perrito
the puppy went to a good home → el perrito fue a vivir con una buena familia
to have a home of one's own → tener casa propia
home sweet home → hogar, dulce hogar
an Englishman's home is his castle → para el inglés su casa es como su castillo

2. (= refuge) → hogar m; (= hospital, hostel) → asilo m
home for the aged → residencia f de ancianos, asilo m de ancianos
children's home → centro m de acogida de menores
old people's home → residencia f de ancianos, asilo m de ancianos

3. (= country) → patria f; (= town) → ciudad f natal; (= origin) → cuna f
we live in Madrid but my home is in Jaén → vivimos en Madrid pero nací en Jaén
Scotland is the home of the haggis → Escocia es la patria del haggis
he made his home in Italy → se estableció en Italia
for some years he made his home in France → durante algunos años vivió en Francia

4. (Bio) → hábitat m

5. (Sport) (= target area) → meta f; (= home ground) to play at home → jugar en casa
Villasanta are at home to Castroforte → Villasanta recibe en casa a Castroforte
they lost nine games at home → perdieron nueve partidos en casa

6. (Comput) → punto m inicial, punto m de partida

B. ADV

1. (lit) (= at home) → en casa; (= to home) → a casa
to be home → estar en casa; (= upon return) → estar de vuelta en casa
I'll be home at five o'clock (upon return) → estaré en casa a las cinco
it's a long journey home → hay mucho camino hasta llegar a casa
as we say back home → como decimos en mi tierra
back home in Australia → en mi tierra, (en)Australia
to come home → volver a casa
to be home and dry → respirar tranquilo/a
to get home → llegar a casa
to go home → volver a casa; (from abroad) → volver a la patria
he leaves home at eight → sale de casa a las ocho
she left home at the age of 17 → se marchó de casa cuando tenía 17 años
that remark came near home → esa observación le hirió en lo vivo
to see sb home → acompañar a algn a su casa
to send sb home → mandar a algn a casa
to stay home → quedarse en casa
it's nothing to write home about → no tiene nada de particular

2. (fig)
to bring sth home to sb → hacerle ver algo a algn
it came home to me → me di cuenta de ello
to drive sth home to drive a point home → subrayar un punto
to drive a nail home → hacer que un clavo entre a fondo
to strike home (= hit target) [shell, bullet] → dar en el blanco; (= go right in) [hammer, nail] → remachar
see also press B7

C. VI [pigeons] → volver a casa

D. CPD home address N (on form) → domicilio m
my home address → mi dirección particular, las señas de mi casa
home banking N → banco m en casa
home brew N (= beer) → cerveza f casera; (= wine) → vino m casero
home buying N → compra f de vivienda
home comforts NPL → comodidades fpl domésticas
home computer N → ordenador m doméstico
home computing N → informática f doméstica
home cooking N → cocina f casera
the Home Counties NPL (Brit) los condados alrededor de Londres
home country N → patria f, país m de origen
home economics NSING (Scol) → ciencia f del hogar
home fries NPL (US) carne picada frita con patatas y col
home front N → frente m interno
home ground N (Sport) to play at one's home ground → jugar en casa
to be on home ground (fig) → estar en su terreno or lugar
Home Guard N (Brit) cuerpo de voluntarios para la defensa nacional durante la segunda guerra mundial
home help N (= act) → atención f domiciliaria, ayuda f a domicilio (Brit) (= person) → asistente/a m/f (especialmente los que, a cargo de la seguridad social, ayudan en las tareas domésticas a personas necesitadas)
home improvements NPL → reformas fpl en casa
home industries NPL (Comm) → industrias fpl nacionales
home journey N → viaje m a casa, viaje m de vuelta
home leave N → permiso m para irse a casa
home life N → vida f de familia, vida f doméstica
home loan N → préstamo m para la vivienda
home market N (Comm) → mercado m nacional, mercado m interior
home match N (Sport) → partido m en casa
home movie N → película f hecha por un aficionado
home news NSING (gen) → noticias fpl de casa (Pol) → información f nacional
Home Office N (Brit) → Ministerio m del Interior, Gobernación f (Mex)
home owner N → propietario/a m/f de una casa
home owners → propietarios mpl de viviendas
home ownership N → propiedad f de viviendas
home page N (Internet) → página f digital, home page m
home port N → puerto m de origen
home product N (Comm) → producto m nacional
home rule N → autonomía f
home run N (Baseball) → jonrón m; (= return journey) [of ship, truck] → viaje m de vuelta
home sales NPL → ventas fpl nacionales
Home Secretary N (Brit) → Ministro m del Interior
home shopping N → venta f por correo (TV, Telec) → televenta f
the home side N (Sport) → el equipo de casa, el equipo local
home straight N (Sport) → recta f final
to be in the home straight (fig) → estar en la última recta
home stretch N = home straight the home team N (Sport) → el equipo de casa, el equipo local
home town N → ciudad f natal
home trade N (Comm) → comercio m interior
home truths NPL to tell sb a few home truths → decir cuatro verdades a algn
home victory N (Sport) → victoria f en casa
home visit N → visita f a domicilio
home waters NPL → aguas fpl territoriales
home win N (Sport) → victoria f en casa

home in on VI + PREP

1. [missiles] → dirigirse hacia
to home in on the target → buscar el blanco

2. (fig) → concentrarse en

HOME COUNTIES

Los Home Counties son los condados que se encuentran en los alrededores de Londres: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent y Middlesex, un alto porcentaje de cuya población se encuentra en buena posición económica. De ahí que el término Home Counties haya adquirido dimensiones culturales y a la gente que vive en ellos se les considere en general personas adineradas de clase media-alta que, además, tienen al hablar un acento muy particular, conocido como RP.

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home [ˈhəʊm]

n

(= house) → maison f
Jack often dreamed of home from his prison cell → De sa cellule, Jack rêvait souvent à sa maison.
They are building 50 new homes
BUT Ils sont en train de construire 50 nouvelles logements.
The only way to solve homelessness is to provide more homes → La seule manière de résoudre le problème des sans-abri est de construire plus de logements.
His home is in Hampstead
BUT Il réside à Hampstead.
his London home → son domicile londonien
near my home → près de chez moi
to have a home of one's own → avoir un chez-soi
a home from home (British) a home away from home (US) → un chez-soi loin de chez soi
at home (at one's place of residence) → chez soi, à la maison
make yourself at home → faites comme chez vous
to feel at home → se sentir chez soi, se sentir à l'aise
to stay at home → rester chez soi, rester à la maison
I'm staying at home today → Je reste chez moi aujourd'hui., Je reste à la maison aujourd'hui.
She goes out to work, while he stays at home to care for the children → Elle va travailler pendant qu'il reste à la maison pour s'occuper des enfants.
to be too close to home (= too personal) → s'approcher un peu trop près de la vérité, devenir trop personnel

(= institution) → maison f, foyer m
a home for disabled people → un foyer pour handicapés retirement home

(country where one lives) → pays m (= country of birth) → pays m natal
His home is Scotland now → Son pays c'est l'Écosse maintenant.
at home and abroad → dans le pays et à l'étranger, dans son pays et à l'étranger
a campaign to spread American values at home and abroad → une campagne visant à diffuser les valeurs américaines dans le pays et à l'étranger
He has worked tirelessly at home and abroad in his role as head of the Anglican Church → Il a travaillé sans relâche, dans son pays et à l'étranger, en tant que chef de l'Église anglicane.
the home of sth (= main centre) → la capitale de qch
St Andrews is the home of golf in Scotland → St Andrews est la capitale du golf en Écosse. (= birthplace) → le berceau de qch
St Andrews is the home of golf in Scotland → St Andrews est le berceau du golf en Écosse.

(SPORT) at home → à domicile
Celtic are at home this weekend → Le Celtic joue à domicile ce week-end.
to play at home → jouer à domicile
Liverpool are playing Chelsea at home → Liverpool joue à domicile contre Chelsea.

adv

(at or to one's house) → chez soi, à la maison
I'll be home at 5 o'clock → Je serai à la maison à cinq heures.
Hi, I'm home!
BUT Coucou, je suis rentré!.
to go home → rentrer chez soi, rentrer à la maison
I want to go home → Je veux rentrer à la maison., Je veux rentrer chez moi.
to get home → rentrer
I'll phone you as soon as I get home → Je t'appelle dès que je rentre.
What time did he get home? → Il est rentré à quelle heure?

(fig) to bring sth home to sb → rappeler qch à qn
to press sth home, to drive sth home [+ point of view, argument] → faire en sorte que qch porte, faire en sorte que qch fasse mouche
We need to debate this issue and press home the argument → Nous devons débattre de ce problème et faire en sorte que nos arguments portent., Nous devons débattre de ce problème et faire en sorte que nos arguments fassent mouche.
to hit home, to strike home → faire mouche
It's good to see that his message has finally hit home → Ça fait plaisir de voir que son message a finalement fait mouche.
to be home and dry (British) to be home free (US) → être à l'abri
The prime minister and the moderates are not yet home and dry → Le Premier ministre et les modérés ne sont pas encore à l'abri.
it's nothing to write home about (nothing special) → rien d'extraordinaire à cela

(referring to a country) to go home → rentrer
He went home to France → Il est rentré en France.
She went home to Yorkshire → Elle est rentrée dans le Yorkshire.

(= right in) to drive sth home [+ nail, screw] → enfoncer qch à fond

modif

[atmosphere] → familial(e)

(= national) [politics, economy, issue] → intérieur(e) home news

(SPORT) home win → victoire à domicile
It was a home win for Celtic → Ce fut une victoire à domicile pour le Celtic.
a home defeat → une défaite à domicile

home in on

vt fus

[missile] [+ target] → se diriger automatiquement vers, se diriger automatiquement sur

(= concentrate on) [person] [+ problem, weakness] → se focaliser sur
home address n (on forms) → domicile m (permanent); (as opposed to business address) → adresse f personnelle
What's your home address?
BUT Quelle est votre adresse ?.
home assembly home-assembly

n → assemblage par soi-même)m >
for home assembly → à assembler chez soi, à assembler soi-même

modif → à assembler chez soi, à assembler soi-même
home-baked [ˌhəʊmˈbeɪkt] adj → fait(e) maison
home banking n → banque f à domicile
home base n [person] → port m d'attache; [guerrillas] → base f; [company] → siège m
home birth n → accouchement m à domicile
homebody [ˈhəʊmbɒdi] n (US) → pantouflard(e) > m/f

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home

n

(= where one lives) → Zuhause nt, → Heim nt; (= house) → Haus nt; (= country, area etc) → Heimat f; a loving/good home → ein liebevolles/gutes Zuhause; gifts for the home → Geschenke pl → für das Haus or die Wohnung; a useful gadget to have in your home → ein sehr praktisches Gerät für den Haushalt; his home is in Brussels → er ist in Brüssel zu Hause; Bournemouth is his second home → Bournemouth ist seine zweite Heimat (geworden); haven’t you got a home to go to? → hast du kein Zuhause?; he invited us round to his home → er hat uns zu sich (nach Hause) eingeladen; away from home → von zu Hause weg; a long way from home → weit von zu Hause weg or entfernt; (in different country also) → weit von der Heimat entfernt; to live away from home → nicht zu Hause wohnen; he worked away from home → er hat auswärts gearbeitet; let’s concentrate on problems closer to home → wir sollten uns auf unsere eigenen Probleme konzentrieren; to have a home of one’s own → ein eigenes Heim or Zuhause haben; to find a home for somebody/an animal → ein Zuhause für jdn/ein Tier finden; does this hammer have a home? (hum) → gehört dieser Hammer an einen bestimmten Platz?; I’ll give that picture a home → bei mir wird das Bild einen guten Platz finden or haben; it’s a home from home → es ist wie zu Hause; at home → zu Hause; (Comm) → im Inland; (Sport) → auf eigenem Platz; the next match will be at home → das nächste Spiel ist ein Heimspiel; Miss Hooper is not at home today → Frau Hooper ist heute nicht zu Hause or nicht da; Miss Hooper is not at home to anyone today → Frau Hooper ist heute für niemanden zu Hause or zu sprechen; who’s he when he’s at home? (inf) → wer in aller Welt ist er?; to be or feel at home with somebody → sich in jds Gegenwart (dat) → wohlfühlen; he doesn’t feel at home with English → er fühlt sich im Englischen nicht sicher or zu Hause; I don’t feel at home with this new theory yet → ich komme mit dieser neuen Theorie noch nicht ganz zurecht; to make oneself at home → es sich (dat) → gemütlich or bequem machen; to make somebody feel at home → es jdm gemütlich machen; to leave home → von zu Hause weggehen; Scotland is the home of the haggis → Schottland ist die Heimat des Haggis, das Haggis ist in Schottland zu Hause; the city/this building is home to some 1,500 students → in dieser Stadt/diesem Gebäude wohnen etwa 1.500 Studenten or sind etwa 1.500 Studenten zu Hause; there’s no place like home (Prov) → daheim ist daheim (prov), → eigener Herd ist Goldes wert (Prov); home sweet home (Prov) → trautes Heim, Glück allein (Prov)

(= institution) → Heim nt; (for orphans) → Waisenhaus nt, → Heim nt; (for blind) → Heim nt, → Anstalt f ? nursing home

(Zool, Bot) → Heimat f

(Sport) (= base) → Mal nt; (Racing) → Ziel nt

adv

(position) → zu Hause, zuhause (Aus, Sw), → daheim; (with verb of motion) → nach Hause, nachhause (Aus, Sw), → heim; to go home (to house) → nach Hause or (Aus, Sw) → nachhause gehen/fahren; (to country) → heimfahren; on the way home → auf dem Heim- or Nachhauseweg; the first runner home → der Erste, der durchs Ziel geht; the first runner home was Fred → Fred ging als Erster durchs Ziel; to get home → nach Hause or (Aus, Sw) nachhause kommen, heimkommen; (in race) → durchs Ziel gehen; I have to get home before ten → ich muss vor zehn zu Hause or (Aus, Sw) zuhause or daheim sein; to return home from abroad → aus dem Ausland zurückkommen

(= to the mark) to drive a nail home → einen Nagel einschlagen; he nudged the ball home (Ftbl) → er schob den Ball ins Tor; to bring or get something home to somebody → jdm etw klarmachen or beibringen; it came home to him that … → es wurde ihm klar, dass …; to strike home (torpedo etc) → treffen; (fig: remark) → ins Schwarze treffen, sitzen (inf) ? drive home, hammer home, hit, press, push

vi (pigeons) → heimkehren

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home:

home address

n → Heimatadresse or -anschrift f; (as opposed to business address) → Privatanschrift f

home-baked

adj → selbst gebacken

home banking

n → Homebanking nt

home base

n (Baseball) → Homebase nt, → Schlagmal nt

home birth

n → Hausgeburt f

homebody

n (inf) → Heimchen nt

homeboy

n (dated US inf) → Einheimische(r) m; (US sl: = close friend) → Kumpel m

homebred

adj (= indigenous) → einheimisch

home-brew

n → selbst gebrautes Bier, Selbstgebraute(s) nt

home-brewed

adj → selbst gebraut

home comforts

pl → häuslicher Komfort

homecoming

n → Heimkehr f

home computer

n → Homecomputer m, → Heimcomputer m

home computing

n → Computern nt

home contents

pl → Hausrat m; home insurance → Hausratsversicherung f

home cooking

n → häusliche Küche, Hausmannskost f

Home Counties

pl Grafschaften, die an London angrenzen

home-cured

adj → selbst gebeizt

home economics

n sing → Hauswirtschaft(slehre) f

home entertainment system

n → Home-Entertainment-System nt

home exercise machine

n → Hometrainer m

home front

n on the home (Mil, Pol) → im eigenen Land; (in business contexts) → im eigenen Betrieb; (in personal, family contexts) → zu Hause

home game

n (Sport) → Heimspiel nt

homegirl

n (dated US inf) → Einheimische f; (US sl: = close friend) → Kumpel m

home ground

n (Sport) → eigener Platz; to be on home (fig) → sich auf vertrautem Terrain bewegen

home-grown

adj vegetables → selbst gezogen; (= not imported) → einheimisch; (fig) talent, player → heimisch

Home Guard

n → Bürgerwehr f

home help

n → Haushaltshilfe f

home improvements

n → Renovierungsarbeiten pl (am Haus oder in der Wohnung)

home improvements loan

n → Modernisierungsdarlehen nt

home key

n (Comput) → Pos-1-Taste f, → Home-Taste f

homeland

n → Heimat (→ land nt) f, → Vaterland nt

homeless

adj → obdachlos

pl the home → die Obdachlosen pl

homelessness

n → Obdachlosigkeit f

home life

n → Familienleben nt

homelike

adj → heimelig, wie daheim

home loan

n → Hypothek f

home-loving

adj → häuslich

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home-made

adj → selbst gemacht; (pej) → selbst gestrickt

homemaker

n (US: = housewife) → Hausfrau f, → Hausmutter f; (= social worker) → Familienfürsorger(in) m(f)

home market

n → Inlandsmarkt m, → inländischer Markt

home match

n (Sport) → Heimspiel nt

home movie

n → Amateurfilm m

home news

n → Meldungen pl → aus dem Inland

Home Office

n (Brit) → Innenministerium nt; (with relation to aliens) → Einwanderungsbehörde f

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home:

homeowner

n (of house) → Hauseigentümer(in) m(f); (of flat) → Wohnungseigentümer(in) m(f)

homeownership

n → Eigenbesitz m → von Häusern/Wohnungen

home page

n (Comput) → Homepage f

home plate

n (Baseball) → Ausgangsbase nt

home port

n → Heimathafen m

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home:

home rule

n → Selbstbestimmung f, → Selbstverwaltung f

home run

n (Baseball) → Homerun m; to hit a home → um alle vier Male laufen; (US fig) → das große Los ziehen

home sales

pl → Inlandsumsatz m

Home Secretary

n (Brit) → Innenminister(in) m(f)

home shopping

n → Homeshopping nt; (on TV also) → Teleshopping nt

homesick

adj → heimwehkrank; to be home → Heimweh haben (for nach)

homesickness

n → Heimweh nt → (for nach)

home side

n (Sport) → Gastgeber pl, → Heimmannschaft f

homespun

adj

cloth → selbst gesponnen, handgesponnen

(fig: = simple) → einfach; (pej) → hausbacken; home philosophy → Lebensweisheiten pl; home advice → altbewährter Rat

n (= cloth) → Homespun nt (grober, genoppter Wollstoff)

homestead

n

→ Heimstätte f

(US) → Heimstätte f → für Siedler

homesteader

n

→ Heimstättenbesitzer(in) m(f)

(US) → Heimstättensiedler(in) m(f)

home straight, home stretch

n (Sport) → Zielgerade f; we’re in the home now (fig inf) → das Ende ist in Sicht

home team

n (Sport) → Gastgeber pl, → Heimmannschaft f, → Platzherren pl (inf)

home town, (US) hometown

n → Heimatstadt f

home truth

n (Brit) → bittere Wahrheit; to tell somebody a few homes → jdm die Augen öffnen

home video

n → Amateurvideo nt

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home:

home waters

pl (Naut) → heimatliche Gewässer pl

homework

n (Sch) → Hausaufgaben pl, → Schulaufgaben pl; to give somebody something as home → jdm etw aufgeben; what home have you got? → was hast du auf?; the minister had not done his home (inf) → der Minister hatte sich mit der Materie nicht vertraut gemacht

homeworker

n → Heimarbeiter(in) m(f)

homeworking

n → Heimarbeit f

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home [həʊm]

1. n

a. (residence, house) → casa; (country, area) → patria, paese m natale or natio (Bot, Zool) → habitat m inv
to have a home of one's own → avere una casa propria
it's near my home → è vicino a casa mia
it's a home from home → è come essere a casa propria
there's no place like home → non si sta mai bene come a casa propria
she comes from a good home → viene da una buona famiglia
he comes from a broken home → i suoi sono divisi
to give sb/sth a home → prendersi in casa qn/qc
he made his home in Italy → si è stabilito in Italia
Scotland is the home of the haggis → la Scozia è la patria dell'haggis
at home → a casa
Celtic is playing at home on Saturday → il Celtic gioca in casa sabato
make yourself at home → fai come se fossi a casa tua
to make sb feel at home → mettere qn a proprio agio
she is at home with the topic → conosce la materia benissimo
I'm not at home to anyone (fig) → non ci sono per nessuno

b. (institution) → istituto; (for old people) → casa di riposo

2. adv

a. → a casa
to go home → andare a casa
to come home → tornare (a casa)
to stay home → stare a or restare in casa
I got home at 10 o'clock → sono rientrato alle 10
on the way home → sulla via di casa
can I see you home? → posso accompagnarti a casa?
it's nothing to write home about (fam) → non è gran che, non è niente di speciale
we're home and dry (fig) → siamo salvi

b. (right in) → a fondo, fino in fondo
to drive a nail home → conficcare un chiodo
to bring sth home to sb (fig) → aprire gli occhi a qn su qc
that remark hit home → ciò che ha detto ha colpito nel segno

3. vi (pigeons) → tornare alla base

4. adj (life) → familiare; (cooking) → casalingo/a; (improvements) → alla casa; (comforts) → di casa; (native, village) → natale, natio/a (Econ) (trade, market) → nazionale, interno/a; (product, industries) → nazionale; (news) → dall'interno (Sport) (team) → di casa (000) (match, win) → in casa

home in on vi + adv + prep (missiles) → dirigersi (automaticamente) verso

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home

n home [həum]

1 the house, town, country etc where a person etc usually lives I work in London but my home is in Bournemouth; When I retire, I'll make my home in Bournemouth; Africa is the home of the lion; We'll have to find a home for the kitten. huis, tuiste بيْت дом domov hjem die Heimat σπίτι, σπιτικό casa kodu خانه koti maison; habitat בַּיִת घर, देश इत्यादि kuca, stan,dom lakhely; otthon tempat tinggal heimili casa; habitat 家 (사람이 현재 가족과 함께 살고 있는) 집 namai mājas; (auga, dzīvnieka) dzimtene rumah thuis hjem(sted), bosted dom, miejsce zamieszkania lar casă; locuinţă дом domov dom dom hem บ้าน yuva, ev, vatan, ülke, yurt 家 дім, житло مکان nhà; chỗ ở 家

2 the place from which a person, thing etc comes originally America is the home of jazz. tuiste وَطَن родина vlast hjemsted die Heimat πατρίδα cuna, patria sünnipaik زادگاه koti patrie מְקוֹם הַהוּלֶדֶת निवास स्थान domovina haza asal heimkynni patria 故郷 발상지, 본고장 gimtieji namai, tėvynė dzimtene; dzimtā vieta tempat asal thuis, oorsprongsgebied hjemsted kolebka, ojczyzna pátria patrie родина vlasť domovina postojbina hem, hemvist, hemland บ้าน vatan, çıkış/başlangıç yeri 家鄉 батьківщина; колиска آبائی وطن quê hương 家乡

3 a place where children without parents, old people, people who are ill etc live and are looked after an old folk's home; a nursing home. tehuis مَلْجَأ сиропиталище domov -hjem das Heim ίδρυμα asilo, orfanato varjupaik, kodu آسایشگاه hoitolaitos foyer מָעוֹן, מוֹסָד जगह जहां अभिभावकों के बगैर बच्चे, बूढ़े इत्यादि की देखभाल की जाती है zavod s dobrotvornom svrhom otthon panti barnaheimili; dvalarheimili, hæli casa, dimora ホーム 고향 namai patversme; mītne rumah tehuis (barne)hjem, institusjon dom (starców, sierot itp.) lar cămin приют; дом престарелых domov dom dom hem ที่อยู่ yurt,bakım evi 養老院，育幼院 дитячий будинок; будинок престарілих پناہ گاہ trại mồ côi; trại dưỡng lão 疗养所，养育院

4 a place where people stay while they are working a nurses' home. woning مَسْكن работно място internát; ubytovna internat; -hjem das Heim οίκος hogar internaat پناهگاه asutnto foyer בֵּית ה- जगह जहां लोग काम के समय ठहरते हैं ured, kancelarija otthon panti heimili, vist casa 宿泊所 휴식처 patalpos, kambarys māja rumah pension internat, –hjem dom, hotel lar cămin место работы internát, ubytovňa dom dom hem ที่อยู่ lojman, konut …之家 житло قیام گاہ nhà hộ sinh 中心地，根据地

5 a house Crumpy Construction build fine homes for fine people; He invited me round to his home. huis منزِل къща dům hus; hjem; bolig die Wohnung κατοικία casa maja خانه talo maison בַּיִת घर kuca ház, otthon rumah heimili casa 家 주택 namas māja rumah huis, woning hus, hjem, bolig dom casa casă дом dom stanovanje, hiša kuća hem, hus, bostad บ้าน konut, ev 住屋 будинок, дім گھر nhà 住宅

adj

1 of a person's home or family home comforts. huislik بيتي семеен domácí hjem-; hjemme- häuslich σπιτικός casero, del hogar kodu- خانگی kodin du foyer בֵּיתִי घर kucni, domaci otthoni mengenai rumah heima-, heimilis- domestico 家庭の 자기 집의 naminis, šeimyninis, šeimos mājas-; ģimenes- berkeluarga van thuis hjem-, hjemme- domowy caseiro de acasă домашний domáci domač kućni hem-, hemma- hemmets ภายในครัวเรือน eve ait, yuva ile ilgili 家居的，家庭的 домашній گھریلو thuộc nhà mình 家庭的

2 of the country etc where a person lives home produce. tuis وطَني домашен tuzemský, zdejší hjemme-; indenlandsk einheimisch ντόπιος local; nacional kodumaine داخلی kotimainen du pays מְקוֹמִי देश domaci belföldi dalam negeri heima-; innanlands- nazionale, nostrano 自国の 본국의 šalies, vidaus iekšējs; iekšzemes- tempatan van thuis hjemlig, innenlandsk lokalny, krajowy local din ţară отечественный tuzemský domač domaći inhemsk ภายในประเทศ yerli, iç, dahilî 本國的 внутрішній; вітчизняний گھر کا بنا nội địa 本国的

3 (in football) playing or played on a team's own ground the home team; a home game. tuiswedstryd مَحَلّي домашен domácí hjemme- Heim-... εντός έδρας en/de casa kodu- خانگی koti- qui reçoit, à domicile מְקוֹמִי गृह domaci hazai tuan rumah heimavöllur/-leikur/-lið locale, di/in casa 地元の 자기 지역에서 거행되는 vietinis (sportā) laukuma saimnieku- tuan rumah thuis- hjemmekamp/-lag miejscowy em casa care joacă acasă (сыгранный) на своём поле domáci domač domaći hemma- ทีมเจ้าบ้าน içeride oynanan, kendi sahasında oynanan, ev sahibi (足球)地主隊的，主場的 вдома اپنے میدان پر کھیلا جانے والا (thể thao) chơi trên sân nhà 本地的

adv

1 to a person's home I'm going home now; Hallo – I'm home! huis toe, tuis إلى البيت، في البيْت вкъщи domů, doma hjem; hjemme nach, zu Hause (προς το, στο) σπίτι a casa; en casa koju, kodus منزل kotona chez (soi) הַבַּיתָה घर kuci, doma; kod kuce haza; otthon ke rumah heim, heima a casa 家へ 자기 집으로 namo, namie mājās; mājup; uz mājām pulang ke rumah naar huis hjem, hjemme do domu, w domu em/para casa acasă домой; дома domov, doma domov, doma kod kuće hem, hemma มุ่งไปที่บ้าน eve, evde 在家裡 додому; вдома گھر کو ở tại nhà mình 到家

2 completely; to the place, position etc a thing is intended to be He drove the nail home; Few of his punches went home; These photographs of the war brought home to me the suffering of the soldiers. iets laat inslaan كُليَّا изцяло pevně; na místo určení; úplně ind; hjem bis ans Ziel, jemandem etwas klarmachen βαθιά, στο στόχο, εντελώς completamente; justamente, (dar) en el blanco oma kohale, pärale بجا perille à fond; au but לְהַגִיע לִמקוֹמוֹ, אֶל הַמַטָרָה किसी रुख पर pogoditi u cilj ( u dušu, u srce) teljesen; egészen; betalál; megértet mengena í botn, ná takmarki sínu, gera ljóst a fondo, nel segno 十分に (완전히) 있어야 할 위치에 iki galo, į tikslą iestāstīt kādam kaut ko; pārliecināt mengena betul pada tempatnya op de geëigende plaats helt inn, i bunnen prosto do celu completamente unde trebuie; din plin до отказа; в цель hlboko na cilj; do srca vratiti ordentligt fast, [] rätt, [] fullkomligt klart มุ่งไปที่บ้าน hedefine, amacına, gayesine 完全地，命中目標，使人確切體會到 в ціль, в точку مکمل طور پر tới địa điểm đã định 中要害，完全地

n plura / adj homeless

(people) without a place to live in This charity was set up to help the homeless; homeless people. dakloos, haweloos بِدون بَيْت бездомен hjemløs der/die Obdachlose, obdachlos άστεγος los sin techo kodutu بي خانمان koditon sans-abri חַסָר בַּית बेघर beskucnici; bez kuce i kucišta hajléktalan tuna wisma heimilislaus senzatetto 家のない 집이 없는 benamis bez mājām; bez pajumtes tiada tempat berteduh dakloze; dakloos hjemløs, husløs/-vill bezdomny (pessoas) sem lar per­soane fără adăpost бездомные (люди) (ľudia) bez domova, bezdomovci brezdomci; brezdomen beskućnik hemlös ไร้ที่อยู่ evsiz, evsiz barksız (kimseler) 無家可歸者 безпритульний, бездомний بے گھر vô gia cư 无家可归者

adj homely

1 simple but pleasant homely food. huislik, gesellig بَسيط обикновен domácký jævn; enkel hausbacken απλός, ανεπιτήδευτος, ευχάριστος casero lihtne خودمانی و صميمانه yksinkertainen sans prétentions/façons בֵּיתִי सादा लेकिन अच्छा priprost; naravan egyszerű sederhana heimilislegur; íburðarlaus; hversdagslegur semplice 素朴な 소박한, 수수한 paprastas vienkāršs sederhana huiselijk alminnelig, dagligdags, folkelig prosty caseiro ca la mama acasă неприхотливый jednoduchý, domácky domač jednostavan enkel, okonstlad เรียบง่าย basit fakat hoş 家常的 домашній, простий سادہ لیکن ذائقے دار giản dị 家常的

2 making a person feel he is at home a homely atmosphere. huislik بَيتي уютен domácí hjemlig anheimelnd οικείος, σπιτικός acogedor, familiar kodune صميمانه kodinomainen accueillant הַרגָשָה בֵּיתִית घरेलू domaci, srdacan otthonias membuat betah heimilislegur accogliente 家庭的な 편안한 namų, jaukus mājīgs; omulīgs seperti di rumah huiselijk hjemlig, hyggelig swojski caseiro agreabil домашний úprimný domač domaći hemtrevlig เรียบง่าย candan, cana yakın 像在家的 домашній, затишний گھریلو không khách sáo 如在家的

3 (American) (of a person) not attractive; ugly. lelik غَيْر جَذّاب грозничък nehezký utiltrækkende; grim reizlos άσχημος feo, sin atractivo inetu زشت ruma laid מְכוֹעָר कुरूप ružan, bez šarma nem szép buruk ófríður brutto 不器量な 못 생긴 neišvaizdus (par cilvēku) neizskatīgs; neglīts hodoh onaantrekkelijk, lelijk mindre pen, uskjønn pospolity feio urât невзрачный obyčajný grd ružan alldaglig, oskön (หน้าตา) เรียบ ๆ çirkin, sevimsiz (美國)(指人)不好看的，醜陋的 простий, непоказний معمولی thô; xấu 不好看的

n homeliness

huislikheid طَبيعيَّه، بيتيَّه домашен уют prostota grimt udseende die Schlichtheit οικογενειακή θαλπωρή llaneza, sencillez kodusus صميميت vaatimattomuus simplicité; (É.-U) laideur בֵּיתִיוּת भोलापन, भद्दापन priprostost, srdacnost; neuglednost, ružnoca szerénység; meghittség; jelentéktelenség keburukan hversdagsleiki; ljótleiki semplicità; bruttezza 家庭的なこと 소박함 paprastumas, jaukumas mājīgums keadaan seperti di rumah huiselijkheid mindre pent utseende prostota simplicidade simplitate; urâţenie неприхотливость;домашний уют; невзрачность jednoduchosť domačnost jednostavnost enkelhet, alldaglighet ไม่มีที่อยู่ rahatlık, huzur vericilik; çirkinlik, sevimsizlik 簡朴 домашній затишок گھریلو ہونے کی صفت tính giản dị; vẻ thô kệch 简朴

adj homing

1 (of pigeons etc) which (can) fly home when set free a long way from home. terugkerend حَمام الزاجِل връщащ се у дома vracející se na známé místo målsøgende heimkehrend ταξιδιωτικός (για πουλί) (paloma) mensajera kirja(tuvi) جلد kotiin palaava (pigeon) voyageur הֶמיָה गृहनामी golub listonoša terbang pulang sem ratar/flÿgur heim, ratvís (piccione) viaggiatore 帰巣性のある 둥지로 돌아오는 pašto mājup atgriešanās- kepulangan doelgericht som flyr hjem (brevdue) powracający do domu pombo-correio (porumbel) voiajor возвращающийся домой; почтовый (голубь) vracajúci sa na známe miesto ki se vrača domov koji se vraća kući hemvändande กลับบ้าน eve dönen (鴿子的)有返家能力的 такий, що повертається додому گھر کی طرف لوٹ آنا về nhà 有归还性的

2 able to take a missile etc to its target These torpedoes have homing devices in their noses. aanpeilend قادِر على توجيه صاروخ إلى هدفِهِ самонасочващ naváděcí, řízený målsøgende zielansteuernd αυτοκατευθυνόμενος buscador, cazador isesihituv هدايت كننده به مقصد itseohjautuva à tête chercheuse מִתבַּייֵת मिसाइल इत्यादि को लक्ष्य तक पहुंचाने की क्षमता koji navodi, za navodenje (uredaj) torpeda pengendali sjálfstÿribúnaður (che ritorna alla base) 自動誘導の 자동 유도의 nukreipiantis į taikinį [] notēmēts pandu tuju doelgericht målsøkende naprowadzający orientador cu (dispozitiv de) teleghidare самонаводящийся riadený avtomatsko voden (proti cilju) uređaj za navođenje målsökande ไปสู่จุดหมายปลายทาง hedefe yönelten 可導彈的 самонавідний کسی میسائل وغیرہ کو ھدف تک پہنچانا dẫn dường 导航的

n home-coming

1 the return home of a person (who has been away for some time) We had a party to celebrate his home-coming. tuiskoms عَوْدة الشَّخْص إلى بيتِه завръщане у дома návrat domů hjemkomst die Heimkehr παλιννόστηση, επιστροφή στην πατρίδα regreso/vuelta a casa kojutulek بازگشت به خانه kotiinpaluu retour שִׁיבָה הַבַּיתָה घर वापसी povratak kuci hazatérés kepulangan heimkoma ritorno 帰郷 귀향 (su)grįžimas namo atgriešanās mājās kepulangan thuiskomst hjemkomst powrót do domu regresso a casa возвращение домой návrat domov vrnitev domov povratak kući hemkomst กลับบ้าน eve/vatana/yurda dönüş 歸鄉 повернення додому عرصے بعد گھر لوٹنا sự trở về nhà 回老家

2 (American) an annual event held by a college, a university or high school for former students. byeenkoms إحْتِفال سَنَوي جامعي لطُلاب السّنَة الماضِيَه завръщане sraz bývalých studentů årsfest for tidligere studerende die Wiedersehensfeier ετήσια συνάντηση αποφοίτων fiesta de antiguos alumnos vilistlaste kokkutulek بازگشت سالیانه دانشجویان پیشین به دانشگاه college- ja yliopisto-opiskelijoiden vuotuinen tapahtuma fête annuelle (marquant le début de l'année universitaire) חֲגִיגַת הַחֲזָרָה לַלִימוּדִים पूर्व छात्रों के लिए एक वार्षिक कार्यक्रम godišnje okupljanje u cast bivših ucenika, studenata végzett diákok évenkénti találkozója (amerikai egyetemeken, foiskolákon) reuni alumni (raduno di ex studenti) （大学などの）同窓生を迎える学園祭 (대학 등의) 졸업생 환영 행사 absolventų susitikimas/susitikimo vakaras salidojums kepulangan reünie årsfest for tidligere studenter spotkanie po latach, zjazd ежегодная встреча выпускников stretnutie absolventov obletnica skup bivših studenata årsträff กลับบ้าน mezunlar toplantısı/günü (美國)年度校友返校日 вечір зустрічі випускників سابقہ طلبا کے لۓ منعقد کالج یا یونیورسٹی کا جلسہ lễ gặp mặt 返校节

adj home-ˈgrown

grown in one's own garden or in one's own country These tomatoes are home-grown. eie مُنْتَج بيتيّا домашен doma vypěstovaný hjemmedyrket aus dem eigenen Garten σπιτικός de cultivo local/nacional omakasvatatud, kodumaine خانگی omaa satoa du jardin/pays מְהַגִינָה הַבֵּיתִית घर में उपजाया हुआ domaci (ne uvozni) hazai termésű ditanam sendiri heimaræktaður nostrano 自家栽培の 자기 집에서 기른, 당지(지방)산의 savas, pačių išaugintas (par augļiem, dārzeņiem) vietējs; pašaudzēts ditanam sendiri eigen kweek hjemmeavlet; fra hagen z własnego ogrodu, krajowej produkcji caseiro доморощенный;местный doma vypestovaný; tuzemský doma pridelan domaći hemodlad, av inhemsk skörd ซึ่งปลูกเองในสวนที่บ้าน yerli, evde/çevrede yetiştirilmiş 自家種的，國產的 домашній گھر یا اپنے وطن کا اگایا ہوا cây nhà lá vườn; trong nước 本国产的，土生的

n homeland

a person's native land Immigrants often weep for their homeland. vaderland, moederland وَطَن родина vlast fødeland; hjemland das Heimatland πατρίδα patria, tierra natal kodumaa وطن kotimaa patrie מוֹלֶדֶת स्वदेश domovina szülőföld tanah leluhur ættjörð, föðurland terra natia, patria 故国 고국 tėvynė dzimtene; dzimtā zeme kampung halaman moederland fedre-/hjemland ojczyzna terra natal pa­trie родина vlasť domovina domovina hemland บ้านเกิด ana yurt, ana vatan 祖國 батьківщина, вітчизна آبائی وطن quê hương; tổ quốc 祖国

adj home-ˈmade

made by a person at home; not professionally made home-made jam; home-made furniture. tuisgemaak صِناعَة مَحَليَّه домашен domácí, doma vyrobený hjemmelavet selbstgemacht σπιτικός hecho en casa, de fabricación casera kodus valmistatud خانگی kotitekoinen fait à la maison תּוֹצֶרֶת בַּיִת हाथ का बना nacinjen kod kuce, domaci házi(lag készült) buatan sendiri heimatilbúinn fatto in casa 自家製の 가정에서 만든 namų darbo, naminis mājās gatavots buatan sendiri thuisgemaakt hjemmelaget/-strikket domowego wyrobu, własnej roboty de fabrico caseiro făcut în casă домашнего изготовления domáci, doma vyrobený doma narejen domaći hemgjord ซึ่งทำที่บ้าน evde yapılmış, kendi imalâtı 自家做的 домашнього виготовлення; вітчизняного виробництва گھر کا بنا làm tại nhà 家里做的

home rule

the government of a country or part of a country by its own citizens. selfbestuur حُكُم مَحَلّي автономия samospráva hjemmestyre; selvstyre die Selbstregierung αυτοδιάθεση autonomía omavalitsus, autonoomia خود مختاری itsehallinto autonomie שִׁלטוֹן עַצמִי स्वशासन nezavisnost, samouprava önkormányzat otonomi heimastjórn; sjálfstjórn autonomia 地方自治 지방 자치 savivalda pašvaldība peraturan tempatan zelfbestuur selv-/hjemmestyre autonomia autonomia autonomie самоуправление samospráva samouprava, avtonomija vladavina domaćeg stanovništva självstyre กฎหมายบ้านเมือง öz yönetim, özel idare 地方自治 самоуправління کسی ملک کے باشندوں کی حکومت sự tự trị 地方自治

adj homesick

missing one's home When the boy first went to boarding-school he was very homesick. verlangend, vol heimwee مُشْتاق إلى الوَطَن обзет от носталгия по родината tesknící po domově som har hjemvé Heimweh haben που νοσταλγεί το σπίτι του ή την πατρίδα του nostalgia del país/de la familia koduigatsust tundev دلتنگ براي ميهن و خانه خود kotia ikävöivä qui a la mal du pays מִתגַעגֵע הַבַּיתָה गृहासक्त nostalgican, koji cezne za domom honvágya van ingin pulang haldinn heimþrá nostalgico, (che soffre di nostalgia per la propria patria) ホームシックの 고향을 못 잊는 besiilgintis namų noilgojies pēc mājām/dzimtenes merindui kampung halaman schoolziek som har hjemlengsel tęskniący za domem saudoso care suferă de dor de casă тоскующий по дому smútiaci za domovom ki ima domotožje nostalgičan som har hemlängtan คิดถึงบ้าน ev ve aile özlemi, vatan hasreti çeken 想家的 той, що тужить за Батьківщиною گھر کی یاد ستانا nhớ nhà 想家的

n homesickness

heimwee الحَنين إلى الوَطَن носталгичност stesk po domově hjemvé das Heimweh νοσταλγία για το σπίτι ή την πατρίδα nostalgia koduigatsus فراق ميهن koti-ikävä mal du pays גַעגוּעִים הַבַּיתָה गृहातुरता nostalgija, ceznuce za domom honvágy keinginan pulang heimþrá nostalgia (per la propria patria) 郷愁 향수 namų ilgesys ilgas pēc mājām/dzimtenes kerinduan pada kampung halaman heimwee hjemlengsel tęsknota za domem, nostalgia saudades de casa dor de casă ностальгия túžba po domove domotožje nostalgija hemlängtan ความคิดถึงบ้าน ev ve aile özlemi, vatan hasreti 思家病 туга за Батьківщиною, ностальгія گھر کی یاد ستانے کی حالت nỗi nhớ nhà 思家病

n homestead [-sted]

a house, especially a farm, with the land and other buildings (eg barns) which belong to it, especially in the United States, Australia etc. opstal البَيْت العائِلي чифлик statek bondegård die Heimstätte υποστατικό caserío; granja talund خانه با متعلقات آن maatalo ferme (avec dépendances) נַחֲלָה वासभूमि posjed s gospodarskim zgradama farm, tanya rumah pertanian bústaður, bÿli; bóndabær casa colonica, fattoria 自作農場 집과 대지 sodyba lauku mājas; ferma rumah ladang woonstede gårdsbruk gospodarstwo propriedade rural fermă усадьба, ферма usadlosť, gazdovstvo posestvo kuća sa okućnicom gård, nybyggarhemman บ้านไร่ malikâne (美國或澳洲等國)農家，家宅, 家園 фермерська садиба دیہی مکان جہاں جانوروں کے باڑے کھلیان وغیرہ ہوں ấp; trại 家宅,家园

home truth

a plain statement of something which is unpleasant but true (about a person, his behaviour etc) said directly to the person It's time someone told him a few home truths. onaangename/harde waarheid حقائِق مؤلِمَه ولكنها حقيقيّه жестоката истина nepříjemná pravda ubehagelig sandhed; borgerligt ord ehrliche Meinung πικρή αλήθεια (decir) cuatro verdades a alguien karm tõde حقایق تلخ در مورد انسان یا چیز دیگر suorat sanat ses quatre vérités (à qqn) תּוֹכֵחָה कटुसत्य rijeci koje kosnu (žacnu, pogode) „beolvasás” kebenaran óþægileg staðreynd verità あからさまな真実 (남의) 가슴을 울리는 진실 karti tiesa rūgta patiesība (par kādu) kebenaran yang memilukan naakte waarheid ubehagelig sannhet gorzka prawda verdades adevărul gol-goluţ горькая правда nepríjemná pravda čista resnica pravi obehaglig (besk) sanning พูดตรง ๆ tatsız ama gerçek söz 逆耳的實話 гірка правда اپنی بابت سچی لیکن ناخوشگوار حقیقت sự thật không vui nhưng lại đúng về tính cách hoặc tình trạng của một người 逆耳的老实话

adj homeward

going home his homeward journey. huiswaarts في طَريق العَوْدَه إلى الوَطَن към къщи směřující domů hjem; hjemadgående Heim-... προς το σπίτι, της επιστροφής regreso (a casa) kodu- به طرف خانه يا وطن kotiin suuntautuva de/du retour הַבַּיתָה गृहोन्मुख na povratku hazafelé vezető pulang ke rumah heim á leið di ritorno 家へ向かう 돌아가는 길의 į namus mājupvedošs perjalanan pulang huiswaarts hjem(over) powrotny, w kierunku domu de regresso a casa de întoarcere обратный smerujúci domov na poti domov prema kući hem- เดินทางกลับบ้าน eve doğru 返家的 такий, що веде додому گھر لوٹنا trở về nhà; trở về tổ quốc 向家的,在归途上的

adv homeward(s)

towards home his journey homeward; He journeyed homewards. huiswaarts نَحْو البيت أو الوَطَن към къщи domů hjemad; hjemover heimwärts προς το σπίτι a/hacia casa kodu poole به سوی خانه kohti kotia vers la maison/patrie הַבַּיתָה गृहोन्मुख kuci, prema kuci hazafelé menuju rumah heim á leið, heimleiðis verso casa, verso la patria 家へ向かって 집으로 향하여 namo mājup; uz mājām pulang huiswaarts hjem(over) ku domowi para casa spre casă/patrie домой domov proti domu prema kući hem, hemåt กลับบ้าน eve doğru 在歸途上 додому گھر کی طرف về nhà 向家地，在归途上地

n homework

work or study done at home, especially by a school pupil Finish your homework! huiswerk وَظيفَه домашна работа domácí práce hjemmearbejde; lektier die Hausaufgabe εργασία για το σπίτι deberes kodused tööd تکلیف kotitehtävät devoirs (à la maison) שִעוּרֵי בַּיִת गृहकार्य domaca zadaca házi feladat pekerjaan rumah heimavinna compito (a casa) 宿題 숙제 namų darbas (skolēna) mājas darbs/uzdevums kerja rumah huiswerk lekser, hjemmearbeid praca domowa trabalho de casa temă pentru acasă домашнее задание domáca úloha domača naloga domaći zadatak []läxa การบ้าน ev ödevi 家庭作業 домашнє завдання گھر کا کام bài tập về nhà 家庭作业

at home

1 in one's home I'm afraid he's not at home. by die huis, tuis في البَيْت вкъщи doma hjemme zu Hause στο σπίτι en casa kodus در خانه kotona chez (soi) בַּבַּיִת अपने घर पर kod kuce otthon di rumah heima a casa 在宅して 집에 있어 namie mājās rumah thuis hjemme w domu em casa acasă дома doma doma kod kuće hemma ที่บ้าน evde 在家裡 вдома اپنے گھر میں ở nhà 在家里

2 (in football etc) in one's own ground The team is playing at home today. tuis على ملْعَبِه на собствен терен na vlastním hřišti på hjemmebane Heim-... εντός έδρας en casa koduväljakul در زمین خود kotikentällä à domicile מִשחָק בּיתִי गृह मैदान इत्यादि पर na domacem terenu hazai pályán di kandang heimaleikur in casa 地元で 본거지에서 namie, savoje aikštelėje (sportā) savā laukumā padang sendiri thuis hjemme u siebie em casa acasă, pe teren pro­priu на своём поле doma na domačem igrišču na domaćem terenu hemma ที่บ้าน kendi sahasında, içerde (足球)在主場 вдома اپنا میدان (trong bóng đá) ở sân nhà 在本地

be/feel at home

to feel as relaxed as one does in one's own home or in a place or situation one knows well I always feel at home in France; He's quite at home with cows – he used to live on a farm. tuis voel يَشْعُر وكأنَّه في بيتِه чувствам се като у дома си cítit se doma føle sig hjemme sich wie zu Hause fühlen, vertraut sein mit νιώθω σαν στο σπίτι μου estar/sentirse como en casa kodus olema, (end) hästi tundma احساس راحتی کردن tuntea olonsa kotoisaksi se sentir à l'aise לְהָרגִיש בַּבַיִת सहज महसूस करना osjecati se kao kod kuce otthonos vmiben merasa betah afslappaður; kunna vel við sentirsi a proprio agio, sentirsi a casa くつろぐ 마음이 편하다 jaustis kaip namie, būti pripratusiam (prie) justies kā mājās; labi prast/pārzināt serasi in evenwicht zijn/houden hevne seg (på), bli kvitt/skuls czuć się jak u siebie w domu, być obeznanym sentir-se à vontade a se simţi ca acasă чувствовать себя свободно, как дома cítiť sa ako doma počutiti se kot doma osećati se prijatno känna sig som hemma, vara van vid (hemtam med) เหมือนที่บ้าน alışkın olmak, yabancılık hissetmemek 感覺舒適自在 добре знати مطمئن اور پر سکون محسوس کرنا tự nhiên như ở nhà 与...扯平，报复

home in on

to move towards (a target etc) The missile is designed to home in on aircraft. reguit afpyl op يتَّجه نحو الهَدَف следвам zaměřit, být naveden (na cíl) søge hen imod sich in Richtung... bewegen εντοπίζω στόχο dirigirse hacia suunduma به سویی رفتن liikkua kohti (se) diriger (automatiquement) sur/vers לְהִתבַּיֵית लक्ष्य की तरह जाना biti usmjeren (prema), kretati se (prema) rárepül menuju sasaran vera stÿrt eða stefna á skotmark dirigersi ～に誘導される 목표를 향해 이동하다 (pa)taikyti tēmēts; mērķēts bergerak ke arah sasaran terechtkomen finne målet selv, fly hjem trafić w, kierować się w stronę dirigir-se a a se dirija automat către самонаводиться (на цель) namieriť na (avtomatsko) biti usmerjen proti kretati se ka anflyga mot มุ่งไปที่ hedefe yönelmek, tam üzerine gitmek 移向(目標) націлюватися на ھدف کی طرف بڑھنا hướng tới 依靠导航系统自动飞向（目标）

leave home

1 to leave one's house I usually leave home at 7.30 a.m. die huis verlaat يَتْرُك البَيْت излизам от вкъщи odejít z domova gå hjemmefra von zu Hause weggehen φεύγω από το σπίτι salir de casa kodunt lahkuma خانه را ترک کردن lähteä pois kotoa sortir (de chez soi) לַצֵאת מְהַבַּיִת घर से निकलना otici iz kuce (na posao) elindul otthonról meninggalkan rumah fara út (úr húsi), fara að heiman uscire di casa 家を出る 집을 떠나다 išeiti iš namų iziet no mājām keluar rumah het huis verlaten dra hjemmefra wychodzić z domu sair de casa a pleca (de acasă) уходить из дома odísť z domu oditi od doma izaći iz kuće gå (åka) hemifrån ออกจากบ้าน evden çıkmak 離家 іти з дому گھر سے نکلنا ra khỏi nhà 离家

2 to leave one's home to go and live somewhere else He left home at the age of fifteen to get a job in Australia. die huis verlaat يَتْرُك البَيْت أو الوَطَن напускам дома си odejít z domova flytte hjemmefra; forlade sit hjem von zu Hause weggehen εγκαταλείπω το πατρικό μου σπίτι irse/marcharse de casa, abandonar el hogar kodunt lahkuma ترک وطن کردن muuttaa pois kotoa quitter la maison לַעֲזוֹב אֶת הַבַיִת घर छोड़ कर कहीं और जाना napustiti dom elhagyja az otthonát meninggalkan rumah fara að heiman partire di casa 郷里を離れる 모국을 떠나다 išvykti iš namų, palikti namus atstāt mājas; aiziet no mājām merantau het huis uitgaan reise hjemmefra, dra ut opuszczać dom abandonar o lar a pleca de acasă покидать (родительский) дом odísť z domu zapustiti dom napustiti kuću flytta hemifrån ออกจากบ้าน evden ayrılmak 離鄉 їхати з дому اپنا گھر چھوڑ کر کہیں اور رہنا rời nhà 离开家乡

make oneself at home

to make oneself as comfortable and relaxed as one would at home Make yourself at home! jou tuismaak يَشْعُر وكأنَّه في بيتِه чувствам се като у дома си být jako doma føle sig hjemme es sich bequem machen βολεύομαι σαν στο σπίτι μου ponerse cómodo end nagu omas kodus tundma احساس راحتی کردن tehdä olonsa kotoisaksi se mettre à l'aise לְהָרגִיש בַּבַיִת खुद को सहज बनाना raskomotiti se, osjecati se kao kod kuce otthonosan viselkedik santai láta eins og heima hjá sér mettersi a proprio agio くつろぐ 느긋하게 쉬다 jaustis kaip namie justies kā mājās selesakan diri seperti di rumah sendiri doen alsof je thuis bent late som om en er hjemme rozgościć się pôr-se à vontade a se simţi ca acasă располагаться как дома byť ako doma počutiti se kakor doma raskomotiti se göra sig hemmastadd ทำตัวเหมือนบ้านคุณ kendi evindeymiş gibi davranmak, rahat etmek 請不要拘束 будь як вдома اپنے آپ کو مطمئن اور پر سکون کرنا xin cứ tự nhiên như ở nhà 请不要客气, 如在自己家中无拘束

nothing to write home about

not very good The concert was nothing to write home about. niks watwonders nie لَيس جيدا не особено добър nic moc ikke særligt godt; ikke noget at skrive hjem om nichts besonderes τίποτε το αξιόλογο mediocre pole suurem asi نه چندان جالب ei kovin erikoinen pas de quoi faire un plat לא מָשהוּ מְיוחָד बहुत बढ़िया नहीं है ništa narocito nem túl jó tidak begitu bagus ekki sérstaklega góður (niente di speciale) つまらない 특별히 내세울 것이 못되는 것 nieko ypatinga nekas sevišķs tidak bagus niets om over naar huis te schrijven, niet de moeite waard ikke noe å skryte av/sette kryss i taket for nic nadzwyczajnego nada de especial nu cine ştie ce ничего особенного nič zvláštne nič posebnega loš inget att yvas över (hänga i julgran) ไม่ดี sözünü etmeye değmez 乏善可陳 так собі کوئی اہم یا خوشگوار واقعہ نہ ہونا không tốt; không hay 平凡

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