Meaning & use
homecoming
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Meanings
nouncountable
The act of returning to your home or country after being away a long time.
Grammar: Countable: a warm homecoming.
Patterns
- a homecoming for someone
The soldier's homecoming brought tears to his family.
It was a joyful homecoming after two years abroad.
nouncountable or uncountableAmerican
In the US, a yearly event at a school with a football game and dance when former students return.
Grammar: Often used without an article: homecoming weekend.
The homecoming game is on Friday night.
She was crowned queen at homecoming.
Word forms
| plural | homecomings |
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Common combinations
- emotional homecoming
- It was an emotional homecoming for the team.
- homecoming game
- Thousands attended the homecoming game.
- homecoming dance
- He asked her to the homecoming dance.
- hero's homecoming
- The champion got a hero's homecoming.
Synonyms and how they differ
- return
- Return is general and need not involve home.
- reunion
- Reunion stresses meeting people again, while homecoming stresses coming back to a place.
Opposites
Word family
- homecomer noun
- a person who returns home (rare)
Practice
The team's ___ was celebrated with a parade after the long tour.
Choose one answer.
Homecoming means a return home. Homework is school tasks, and homesick is an adjective.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “homecoming”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.