at home en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, home. In one's place of residence.
"Where's David?" "He stayed at home to fix the washing machine."
Sorry sir, I left my homework at home.
The number of at-home dads has also doubled in the last decade.
2013 June 3, Brad Harrington, “Behind the Data on Breadwinner Mothers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2023:
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(idiomatic) At ease; comfortable.
"You see, I always feel at home in the dark," apologised the blind man.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:I'm right at home in my new university.
I feel at home around my girlfriend's family.
He's quite at home discussing French literature.
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In the home of one's parents.
I can't believe it: she's 28 and still lives at home.
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In a private residence as opposed to a nursing home.
He is really elderly and can still live at home.
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(of a team) Playing at its usual venue, playing as the home team.
The team has a 6–2 record at home.
Today is match day, Grimsby Town are at home, and the ground is walking distance from New Clee station. So, visiting football supporters coming by train have to change at Grimsby Town [station]. That's a real pain.
2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 58:The team has won three-quarters of its games at home, but less than half of away games.
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(dated) Available or willing to receive visitors.
1922 Emily Post, Etiquette, Chapter 10: Cards and Visits When a servant at a door says “Not at home,” this phrase means that the lady of the house is “Not at home to visitors.” This answer neither signifies nor implies—nor is it intended to—that Mrs. Jones is out of the house.
Antonyms
away · on the road · away from home
Deriveds
at-homeness · when it's at home · when he · make oneself at home · not-at-homeness · she's at home
Translations (107)
fr à la maison (in one's place of residence) · bg вкъ́щи (in one's place of residence) · rm a casa (in one's place of residence) · uk удо́ма (in one's place of residence) · sk doma (in one's place of residence) · pl w domu (in one's place of residence) · yi אין דער היים (in one's place of residence) · rm a tgesa (in one's place of residence) · sv hemma (in one's place of residence) · dsb doma (in one's place of residence) · de daheim (in one's place of residence) · tr evde (in one's place of residence) · hu itthon (in one's place of residence) · it a casa (in one's place of residence) · sv hemma (in the home of one's parents) · is að heiman (in one's place of residence) · ca a casa (in one's place of residence) · pl w rodzinnym domu (in the home of one's parents) · is heima við (in the home of one's parents) · pt em casa (in one's place of residence) · uk вдо́ма (in one's place of residence) · is heima við (in one's place of residence) · et kodus (in one's place of residence) · io heme (in one's place of residence) · sms dååma (in one's place of residence) · fi kotona (in the home of one's parents) · fa منزل (in one's place of residence) · ga sa bhaile (in one's place of residence) · eo hejme (in one's place of residence) · hy տանը (in one's place of residence) · wa e s' måjhon (in one's place of residence) · sh kod kuće (in one's place of residence) · rm a chesa (in one's place of residence) · ko 집에 (in one's place of residence) · is heima (in one's place of residence) · lt namiẽ (in one's place of residence) · rsk дома (in one's place of residence) · sl doma (in one's place of residence) · pl jak u siebie w domu (at ease; comfortable) · da hjemme (at ease; comfortable) · is fjarstaddur (in one's place of residence) · rm a tgeasa (in one's place of residence) · grc οἴκοι (in one's place of residence) · nb hjemme (in one's place of residence) · rm a tgea (in one's place of residence) · yo nílé (in one's place of residence) · bg у дома́ (in one's place of residence) · cmn 在家里 (in one's place of residence) · sv som hemma (at ease; comfortable) · no drive (in one's place of residence) · fo heima (in one's place of residence) · pt à vontade (at ease; comfortable) · ur گھر پر (in one's place of residence) · hu otthon (at ease; comfortable) · yo ńlé (in one's place of residence) · cs doma (in one's place of residence) · la domī (in one's place of residence) · la in domō (in one's place of residence) · hi घर पर (in one's place of residence) · fi kuin kotonaan (at ease; comfortable) · la intrā paternōs parietēs (in one's place of residence) · pdc deheem (in one's place of residence) · cy gartre (in one's place of residence) · cy acw (in one's place of residence) · cy gartref (in one's place of residence) · wa e s' måjhone (in one's place of residence) · ms di rumah (in one's place of residence) · ro acasă (in one's place of residence) · sco hame (in one's place of residence) · sv hemmastadd (at ease; comfortable) · lo ທີ່ບ້ານ (in one's place of residence) · nn heime (in one's place of residence) · da hjemme (in the home of one's parents) · de zu Hause (at ease; comfortable) · ko 집 (in one's place of residence) · ru как до́ма (at ease; comfortable) · gd socair (at ease; comfortable) · mk дома (in one's place of residence) · swb ɗagoni (in one's place of residence) · da hjemme (in one's place of residence) · is eins og heima hjá sér (at ease; comfortable) · fi kotona (in one's place of residence) · nb heime (in one's place of residence) · la intrā domesticōs parietēs (in one's place of residence) · is heima (in the home of one's parents) · is fjarverandi (in one's place of residence) · ru до́ма (in one's place of residence) · fa در منزل (in one's place of residence) · rm a chasa (in one's place of residence) · sco home-aboot (in one's place of residence) · is afslappaður (at ease; comfortable) · rom khere (in one's place of residence) · no husvarm (at ease; comfortable) · de zu Hause (in one's place of residence) · fr chez soi (in one's place of residence) · hu otthon (in one's place of residence) · gd aig an taigh (in one's place of residence) · be до́ма (in one's place of residence) · el στο σπίτι (in one's place of residence) · pt confortável (at ease; comfortable) · ja 家に (in one's place of residence) · nl thuis (in one's place of residence) · es en casa (in one's place of residence) · sv hemmavid (in one's place of residence) · de zuhause (in one's place of residence) · fr à l'aise (at ease; comfortable) · jje 집이 (in one's place of residence)