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See also:athome

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athome

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeat,‎home. In one's place ofresidence.
    Sorry sir, I left my homeworkat home.
    "Where's David?" "He stayedat home to fix the washing machine."
    • 2013 June 3, Brad Harrington, “Behind the Data on Breadwinner Mothers”, inThe New York Times‎[1]:
      The number ofat-home dads has also doubled in the last decade.
  2. (idiomatic) At ease; comfortable.
    I feelat home around my girlfriend's family.
    I'm rightat home in my new university.
    He's quiteat home discussing French literature.
  3. In the home of one's parents.
    I can't believe it: she's 28 and still livesat home.
  4. In a private residence as opposed to anursing home.
    He is really elderly and can still liveat home.
  5. (sports, of a team) Playing at its usualvenue, playing as thehome team.
    The team has won three-quarters of its gamesat home, but less than half of away games.
    The team has a 6–2 recordat home.
    • 2024 April 17, “Rural railways: do they deliver?”, inRAIL, number1007, page58:
      Today is match day, Grimsby Town areat 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.
    Antonyms:away,away from home,on the road
  6. (dated) Available or willing to receive visitors.
    • 1922Emily Post,Etiquette, Chapter 10: Cards and Visits
      When a servant at a door says “Notat home,” this phrase means that the lady of the house is “Notat home to visitors.” This answer neither signifies nor implies—nor is it intended to—that Mrs. Jones is out of the house.

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Translations

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in one's place of residence
at ease; comfortable
in the home of one's parents

Noun

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athome (pluralat homes)

  1. (historical) A type ofreception orparty whereby thehost orhostess says that he or she will be ‘at home’ during specific hours, whenguests can come and go as they like.
    • 1924,Ford Madox Ford,Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published2012, page 4:
      And, as near as possible to the dear ladies who gave theAt Homes, Macmaster could keep up the talk – a little magisterially.
    • 1985,Peter Carey,Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published2003, page104:
      She had gone, with high hemlines, to ‘At Homes’ and balls, and left me jealous, half mad, to cluck with her parents who were concerned she might be mixing with a fast crowd.

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