come home
verb
Simple meaning
To return to one's house, or to any place of origin.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kuhmhohmSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkʌmˈhoʊm
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
verb
To return to one's house, or to any place of origin.
To touch a person's interests or feelings closely; to be fully understood or realised.
sportsof a sport
To achieve success (typically by winning an international competition) in the country in which the sport was invented.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: To return to one's house, or to any place of origin.
Used this way, come home is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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