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HOMECOMING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does homecoming mean?

• HOMECOMING (noun)
The noun HOMECOMING has 2 senses:

1. an annual school or university reunion for graduates
2. a coming to or returning home

Familiarity information: HOMECOMING used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOMECOMING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An annual school or university reunion for graduates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("homecoming" is a kind of...):

reunification; reunion (the act of coming together again)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A coming to or returning home

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

homecoming; return

Context example:

on his return from Australia we gave him a welcoming party

Hypernyms ("homecoming" is a kind of...):

arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homecoming"):

repatriation (the act of returning to the country of origin)

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