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home ground

home ground
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hohm ground]
    • /hoʊm graʊnd/
    • /həʊm ɡraʊnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hohm ground]
    • /hoʊm graʊnd/

Definitions of home ground words

  • noun home ground an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community. 1
  • noun home ground sports team's stadium or field 1
  • noun home ground familiar surroundings 1
  • noun home ground area of competence 1
  • variable noun home ground A sports team's home ground is their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams. 0
  • noun home ground a familiar area or topic 0
See all 6 definitions of home ground

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Parts of speech for Home ground

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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home ground popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for home ground

noun home ground

  • land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
  • neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
  • family — the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
  • farm — processor farm
  • country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
All 27 Synonyms of home ground

Antonyms for home ground

noun home ground

Just one Antonym for home ground

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