home team

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home team

noun home teams

  1. idiomatic The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to their opponents, the visiting team. The home team really pulled off a surprise in the bottom of the ninth. It made for some really exciting baseball for all these lucky fans out here today.

    Opposite: away team, visitor team, visitor

  2. figuratively, idiomatic The ingroup (in whatever context). Let's have a round of applause for the home team, as these quarterly production numbers are a big win.

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noun team playing in its home territory or field

Portuguêsequipa da casa, mandante
Françaiséquipe locale
DeutschHeimmannschaft
Ελληνικάγηπεδούχος gipedoúchos
Русскийкома́нда хозяев kománda xozjajev

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@misc{home_team_2026,
  title = {home team},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/home%20team},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}