my home

Meanings

1. 1phrasefixed phrase

   The house or apartment where the speaker lives and feels they belong.

   Grammar: Used as a noun phrase; it can follow 'at', 'in', 'to' or 'from', but after 'go' and 'come' people usually say just 'home'.

   Patterns

   • at my home
   • in my home
   • go to my home

   I'll be at my home all evening if you want to call.

   We turned my home into a place where friends always feel welcome.

   She left my home in a hurry and forgot her umbrella.

2. 2phrasefixed phrase

   The place or region the speaker comes from originally and still thinks of as theirs.

   Grammar: Often used when the speaker lives elsewhere now; 'my home' then means the old family place, not the current address.

   Patterns

   • go back to my home
   • my home town

   Every summer I go back to my home in the north to see my parents.

   My home is a small village, but I've lived in the city for ten years.

Common combinations

at my home

The meeting will take place at my home on Saturday.

my home town

She still visits her home town twice a year.

make my home somewhere

They made my home their base while they looked for a flat.

welcome to my home

Welcome to my home — please sit down.

Synonyms and how they differ

my house

Refers only to the building, while 'my home' also suggests warmth and belonging.

my place

Informal and can mean any address; 'my home' sounds warmer and more permanent.

Word family

homeless adjective

Having no home to live in.

homey adjective

Comfortable and pleasant, like a good home.

Commonly confused: my home or my house?

Practice

Make it your own

Write a sentence using “my home”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.

Explore more words