home
/həʊm/noun
उच्चारण होम
घर; मातृभूमि; आश्रम
Basic word
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[C, U]
the house or flat that you live in, especially with your family; the town, district or country that you come from; a place where people who cannot care for themselves live
घर; मातृभूमि; आश्रम
- at home
- an old people's home
- I will be at home all evening, so call me.
+ 2 more examples
- Many students live away from home during college.
- The children's home needs volunteers on weekends.
Synonyms house residence dwelling abode birthplace
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§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
home (adverb): go / come / get home
As an adverb, home takes no preposition: go home, come home, get home, arrive home.
Adverb के रूप में 'home' के साथ preposition नहीं लगता: go home, come home, get home, arrive home।
- Radhika goes home at five.
- What time did you get home?
at home / in the home / from home
At home means in your house; in the home is used in general statements; from home shows distance from where you live.
'At home' का अर्थ घर में; 'in the home' सामान्य कथनों में; 'from home' घर से दूरी बताता है।
- She studies at home.
- Violence in the home is a serious problem.
- He lives far from home.
home (noun) vs house
Home is the place where you live and feel you belong; house is the building.
'Home' वह स्थान है जहाँ आप रहते हैं और अपनापन महसूस करते हैं; 'house' इमारत है।
- This house is now our home.
home + noun (modifier)
Home is a modifier in home town, home team, home page, home work, home loan.
'Home' modifier के रूप में home town, home team, home page, home loan आदि में आता है।
- Our home team won the match.
- He applied for a home loan.
home in on sth (phrasal verb)
To home in on is to move or aim straight at a target, or to give attention to a point.
'Home in on' का अर्थ सीधे लक्ष्य की ओर बढ़ना या किसी बिंदु पर ध्यान केंद्रित करना है।
- The missile homed in on its target.
- The teacher homed in on a key error.
+Collocations 5
adjective + home
happybrokenlovingnewfamilysecond
- Radhika came from a loving home.
verb + home
leavereturnbuildbuyrun away frommake
- She left home at eighteen to study in Delhi.
home + noun
towncountrystateteamtuitiondeliveryaddress
- The shop offers free home delivery.
idiom with home
feel at homemake yourself at homehome sweet homenothing to write home aboutbring home
- Please make yourself at home.
type of home
care homenursing homechildren's homeholiday homefoster home
- Her grandmother lives in a nursing home.
“More examples 6
- After the exam, Arjun hurried home to tell his parents.
परीक्षा के बाद अर्जुन माता-पिता को बताने के लिए जल्दी घर गया।
- Her home town is Varanasi, though she lives in Mumbai.
उसका गृह नगर वाराणसी है, यद्यपि वह मुंबई में रहती है।
- Radhika works from home on Fridays.
राधिका शुक्रवार को घर से काम करती है।
- The team plays its home matches in the evening.
टीम अपने घरेलू मैच शाम को खेलती है।
- The hotel is a home from home for many travellers.
यह होटल कई यात्रियों के लिए घर जैसा ही है।
- Please make yourself at home while I fetch the tea.
मैं चाय लाता हूँ, तब तक आप अपने घर जैसा आराम से बैठिए।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ I reached to home at nine.
✓ I reached home at nine.
Home is an adverb here, so no preposition follows reach.
यहाँ 'home' adverb है, इसलिए 'reach' के बाद preposition नहीं लगता।
✗ She went to her home yesterday.
✓ She went home yesterday.
With go, home is used without to or a possessive in this ordinary sense.
'Go' के साथ सामान्य अर्थ में 'home' बिना 'to' और बिना possessive के आता है।
✗ He is at the home now.
✓ He is at home now.
The fixed phrase is at home, without the.
स्थिर वाक्यांश 'at home' है, 'the' के बिना।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Home, house and residence all refer to where someone lives, but the feeling and register differ.
Home, house और residence सभी रहने की जगह बताते हैं, पर भाव और औपचारिकता अलग है।
The place where you live and belong, with feeling attached.
वह स्थान जहाँ आप रहते हैं और जिससे अपनापन है।
- Home is where my family is.
Formal word for the place where someone lives.
किसी के रहने के स्थान के लिए औपचारिक शब्द।
- The minister's official residence is guarded.
¶Idioms 5
close to home
(of a remark, etc.) so true or so closely connected with you that it makes you uncomfortable
(कोई बात) दिल को चुभने वाली या अपने से जुड़ी हुई
- Her comments about lazy students were a bit close to home.
- The film's story hit close to home.
home and dry
having successfully completed sth, especially when it was difficult (British)
(कठिन काम) सफलतापूर्वक पूरा करके निश्चिंत
- One more exam and I'll be home and dry.
- With a big lead, the team thought they were home and dry.
a home from home
a place where you feel as comfortable as you do in your own home (British)
घर जैसी आरामदायक जगह
- The hostel was a home from home for the students.
- For Radhika, her aunt's house was a home from home.
nothing to write home about
not especially good; ordinary (informal)
कोई ख़ास नहीं; मामूली
- The hotel was nothing to write home about.
- His performance was nothing to write home about.
bring sth home to sb
to make sb realize how important, difficult or serious sth is
(किसी बात की) गंभीरता किसी को अच्छी तरह समझा देना
- The accident brought home to him the dangers of speeding.
- The documentary brought home to us how poor the villagers were.
→Phrasal verbs 1
home in on sb/sth
to aim at something and move straight towards it; to direct your attention towards something
(किसी लक्ष्य की ओर) सीधे बढ़ना; (किसी चीज़ पर) ध्यान केंद्रित करना
- The missile homed in on its target.
- In this class, we will home in on the most common errors.
?Which word?
Keep apart house (the building) and home (the place where you live and feel you belong).
House (भवन) और home (जहाँ आप रहते हैं और अपनापन महसूस करते हैं) को अलग रखिए।
§Grammar and usage
Home is used without 'to' after verbs of movement ('go home', 'come home', not 'go to home'), but 'at home' for location.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: गति के verbs के बाद home 'to' के बिना प्रयुक्त होता है ('go home', 'come home', 'go to home' नहीं), पर स्थान के लिए 'at home'।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Home and dry (having successfully completed something), bring sth home to sb (make somebody understand something fully), hit or strike home (have a strong effect), make yourself at home (relax as if in your own house), home truth (an unpleasant fact about yourself), home sweet home, there's no place like home, charity begins at home.
Idioms: home and dry (किसी काम को सफलतापूर्वक पूरा कर लेना), bring sth home to sb (किसी को कोई बात पूरी तरह समझाना), hit या strike home (गहरा असर करना), make yourself at home (अपने घर की तरह आराम करो), home truth (अपने बारे में अप्रिय सच), home sweet home, there's no place like home, charity begins at home।