Meaning & use
home field advantage
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Meaning
noununcountablesport
the benefit a team gets from playing at its own ground, with local crowd support
Grammar: Usually uncountable with 'the': the home field advantage. Can be countable in phrases like 'a huge home field advantage'.
Patterns
- have home field advantage
- give someone home field advantage
The team has home field advantage in the final, so they'll play in front of their own fans.
Many coaches believe home field advantage is worth several points.
They lost despite having home field advantage.
Common combinations
- have home field advantage
- We have home field advantage for the first two games of the series.
- a huge home field advantage
- The noisy stadium gives them a huge home field advantage.
- lose home field advantage
- If they lose this game, they'll lose home field advantage in the playoffs.
- home field advantage in the playoffs
- Finishing first in the league means home field advantage in the playoffs.
Synonyms and how they differ
- home advantage
- The usual British term; 'home field advantage' is more common in American English.
- home-court advantage
- Used for basketball and tennis, where the playing surface is a court, not a field.
Opposites
Word family
- home game noun
- a game played at a team's own ground
- away game noun
- a game played at the opponent's ground
Commonly confused: home field advantage or home advantage?
home field advantage vs home advantage
Same meaning, but 'home advantage' is more common in British English and does not include 'field'.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'home field advantage' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Home field advantage' refers to the benefit of playing at your own ground, so option 0 fits. The others use it in unrelated or nonsensical contexts.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “home field advantage”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.