home: signification et définitions

A place where one lives; a residence.

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

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

An environment offering security and happiness.

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

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

The native habitat, as of a plant or animal.

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

A headquarters; a home base.

Baseball Home plate.

Games Home base.

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

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

Computer Science 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.

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

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

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

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

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 ;.

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

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

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

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

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

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