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home vs the home

Both 'home' and 'the home' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Home' is used when referring to a general concept or a specific place where someone lives, while 'the home' is used when referring to a specific building or institution.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 851 views

home

This is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'home' when referring to a general concept of a place where someone lives or when referring to a specific place without specifying the building or institution.

Examples:

I feel at home here.
She went home after work.

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They were uploaded from his home computer.
Please give me his home number.
Especially in Yosemite, our home.
Hany's home was also destroyed.
The president is committed to bringing Matthew home.
Jane always comes home or calls.
Several billion light years from home.
Our home was never this clean.
I'll make this my home.
Father and started it when Benedikte and Christoffer left home.
I never did well in home economics.
I finally built a decent home.
This is his permanent home, John.
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The road home is already home.
This place was truly our home away from home.
A home away from home for the weary traveller.
The ideal family holiday and home away from home.
You will find the comfort of your own home in different mobile home types.
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Alternatives:

house
residence
dwelling
abode
place of residence

the home

This is correct but less commonly used in English.

Use 'the home' when referring to a specific building or institution, such as a nursing home or a group home.

Examples:

She works at the nursing home.
The group home provides care for children.

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Help out around the home, go shopping...
Blunt force trauma with objects found at the home.
He hates watching woman working outside the home.
You can't work outside the home.
You've reached the home of Lara and Marty.
Not exactly the home invasion type.
Not exactly the home invasion type.
And the home stuff did that.
We're wasting time going to the home.
It is for the home economics teacher.
Give me the home phone numbers for Torres and Johnson.
I need the home telephone number of Mary Claire Clark.
That's two-zip against the home team.
So, your sister left a message on the home line.
Eric's monitoring the home phone, cell, facebook page.
This is the home of the Downey family.
Welcome to Watchtower - the official headquarters of the home team.
And we have the home run suspect.
Sam, keep the home fires burning.
No, he had the home fries.

Alternatives:

the house
the residence
the dwelling
the abode
the place of residence

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