HOMECOMING

return, homecoming

(noun) a coming to or returning home; “on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party”

homecoming

(noun) an annual school or university reunion for graduates

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

homecoming (plural homecomings)

The act or event of returning home.

(North American, also, attributive) In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen.

Source: Wiktionary


Home-com`ing, n.

Definition: Return home. Kepeth this child, al be it foul or fayr, And eek my wyf, unto myn hoom-cominge. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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