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A h___ is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them.A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them.
It's going to be a home for vulnerable adults.
...an old people's home.
word home
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noun
Someone's home is the house or flat where they live .
Last night they stayed at home and watched TV.
...his home in Hampstead.
...the allocation of land for new homes.
You can use home to refer in a general way to the house, town, or country where someone lives now or where they were born, often to emphasize that they feel they belong in that place.
She gives frequent performances of her work, both at home and abroad.
His father worked away from home for much of Jim's first five years.
At seventeen, Daniele was told to leave home by her father.
Ms Highsmith has made Switzerland her home.
Warwick is home to some 550 international students.
Brian decided to leave the U.K. and set up home in Southern Spain.
He has moved back to his home town of Miami.
A home is a large house or institution where a number of people live and are looked after, instead of living in their own houses or flats. They usually live there because they are too old or ill to look after themselves or for their families to care for them.
It's going to be a home for vulnerable adults.
...an old people's home.
You can refer to a family unit as a home .
She had, at any rate, provided a peaceful and loving home for Harriet.
Single-parent homes are commonplace.
If you refer to the home of something, you mean the place where it began or where it is most typically found.
This south-west region of France is the home of claret.
If you find a home for something, you find a place where it can be kept.
The equipment itself is getting smaller, neater and easier to find a home for.
When a sports team plays at home, they play a game on their own ground, rather than on the opposing team's ground.
I scored in both games against Barcelona; we drew at home and beat them away.
All three are Chelsea fans, and attend all home games together.
adverb
Home means to or at the place where you live.
Hannah wasn't feeling too well and she wanted to go home.
I'll telephone you as soon as I get home.
Hi, Mom, I'm home!
Company officials say striking union members should stay home today.
If you press, drive, or hammer something home, you explain it to people as forcefully as possible .
It is now up to all of us to debate this issue and press home the argument.
adjective
Home means made or done in the place where you live.
...cheap but healthy home cooking.
...internet home shopping and grocery delivery.
Home means relating to your own country as opposed to foreign countries.
Europe's software companies still have a growing home market.
...the Guardian's home news pages.
inflections homes
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