Meaning & use
a home address
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Meaning
nouncountable
The place where you live, including the street, city, and postal code, used for mail or official forms.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a home address or home addresses.
Patterns
- give your home address
- write your home address
- on a form
Please write your home address clearly on the envelope.
The school needs your home address and phone number.
I moved last month, so my home address has changed.
Word forms
| plural | home addresses |
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Common combinations
- current home address
- Please tell us your current home address.
- permanent home address
- Students must provide a permanent home address.
- home address on file
- We have your home address on file.
- change your home address
- You can change your home address online.
Synonyms and how they differ
- residence
- More formal and often used in legal or official writing; home address is the everyday term.
- mailing address
- This is where you receive mail, which may be different from where you live.
Word family
Commonly confused: a home address or email address?
a home address vs email address
An email address is used to send electronic messages, not physical mail.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'home address' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Home address' is the standard phrase for where you live. 'House address' is not common, and 'direction' and 'live address' do not mean a place where you receive mail.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “a home address”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.