"homecoming" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/ [General-American] Forms: homecomings [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hom-comyng}} Middle English hom-comyng, {{compound|en|home|coming}} home + coming, {{der|en|enm|hom-come}} Middle English hom-come, {{der|en|ang|hāmcyme|t=homecoming; return}} Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} homecoming (plural homecomings)
  1. The act or event of returning home. Translations (the act of returning home): νόστος (nóstos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), завръщане (zavrǎštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 回鄉 (Chinese Mandarin), 回乡 (huíxiāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 歸國 (Chinese Mandarin), 归国 (guīguó) (Chinese Mandarin), návrat domů [masculine] (Czech), thuiskomst [feminine] (Dutch), reveno (Esperanto), koolipidustused (Estonian), kotiinpaluu (Finnish), retour [masculine] (French), Heimkehr [feminine] (German), Heimkunft [feminine] (German), νόστος (nóstos) [masculine] (Greek), घर वापसी (ghar vāpsī) [feminine] (Hindi), hazatérés (Hungarian), 帰省 (kisei) (alt: きせい) (Japanese), 帰宅 (kitaku) (alt: きたく) (Japanese), 帰国 (kikoku) (alt: きこく) (Japanese), 귀가 (gwiga) (Korean), 귀국 (gwiguk) (Korean), hjemkomst [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), возвраще́ние домо́й (vozvraščénije domój) [neuter] (Russian), возвраще́ние на ро́дину (vozvraščénije na ródinu) [neuter] (Russian), regreso a casa [masculine] (Spanish), hemkomst [common-gender] (Swedish), återkomst [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-homecoming-en-noun-Gn618-wa Disambiguation of 'the act of returning home': 84 5 11
  2. (Canada, US, also attributive) In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen. Tags: Canada, US, also, attributive Synonyms: hoco
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  3. (Canada, US, also attributive) In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen.
    Ellipsis of harvest homecoming.; A traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. Traditionally marking the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.
    Tags: Canada, US, abbreviation, also, alt-of, attributive, ellipsis Alternative form of: harvest homecoming (extra: A traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. Traditionally marking the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.) Synonyms: hoco
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hoco Translations (tradition in colleges and highschools): hemvändardag [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'tradition in colleges and highschools': 1 50 50

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Alternative forms

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        "Ellipsis of harvest homecoming.; A traditional (street) party and/or dance near the start of the school year, at around fall mid-terms. Traditionally marking the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms."
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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      "word": "归国"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
      "word": "kotiinpaluu"
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    {
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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      "word": "retour"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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      "word": "Heimkehr"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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      "word": "Heimkunft"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ghar vāpsī",
      "sense": "the act of returning home",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "घर वापसी"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of returning home",
      "word": "hazatérés"
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    {
      "alt": "きせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kisei",
      "sense": "the act of returning home",
      "word": "帰省"
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    {
      "alt": "きたく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kitaku",
      "sense": "the act of returning home",
      "word": "帰宅"
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    {
      "alt": "きこく",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kikoku",
      "sense": "the act of returning home",
      "word": "帰国"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwiga",
      "sense": "the act of returning home",
      "word": "귀가"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwiguk",
      "sense": "the act of returning home",
      "word": "귀국"
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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      "word": "hjemkomst"
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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      "word": "возвраще́ние домо́й"
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "regreso a casa"
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      "word": "hemkomst"
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      "sense": "the act of returning home",
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}

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