homecoming
US/ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/
homecoming noun: the act or event of returning home. Also the ellipsis of harvest homecoming.
Noun
homecoming (plural homecomings)
- The act or event of returning home.
- His homecoming was saddened by the news of his mother's death the day before.
- In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen.
- Many alumni come back for homecoming, and many freshmen are advised to flee.
- homecoming ball
- Synonyms:
- hoco
Also used as
homecoming is also the ellipsis of harvest homecoming.
homecoming meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Malay
homecoming in Hindi
- the act of returning home
- घर वापसी ghar vāpsī
homecoming in Tamil
- வீடு திரும்புதல்
homecoming in Malay
- the act of returning home
- balik kampung
Examples of homecoming in a sentence
- The crowd cheered as a firebrand was tossed onto the huge pile of wood to start the traditional homecoming bonfire.
- Homecoming: The Live Album features the entire Beychella setlist. 40 songs.
- Dead on this homecoming cue Jack came home, his hands sheerfree of salesman’s swink, ready for Enderby.
Synonyms of homecoming
Forms of homecoming
| plural | homecomings |
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Origin of homecoming
From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home + coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”).
Words formed from homecoming
Phrases with homecoming
Questions about homecoming
- What does homecoming mean?
- Homecoming means the act or event of returning home.
- What is homecoming in Hindi?
- Homecoming in Hindi is घर वापसी (ghar vāpsī). See Homecoming meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is homecoming?
- Homecoming is a noun.
- How do you pronounce homecoming?
- Homecoming is pronounced /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/ (US).
- What is the plural of homecoming?
- The plural of homecoming is homecomings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: homecoming (page history and authors); homecoming (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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