homecoming
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homecoming
- /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/ US
Where it comes from
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”).
noun homecomings
- The act or event of returning home. His homecoming was saddened by the news of his mother's death the day before.
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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.
Similar: hoco
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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. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms.
Similar: hoco
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: return, home, arrival, day, back, party, returning, retour, reentry, ball, re-entry, feast, prom, cotillion, dance, partying
Translations
Every language
noun the act of returning home
| Español | regreso a casa |
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| 한국어 | 귀가 gwiga, 귀국 gwiguk |
| 日本語 | 帰省 kisei, 帰宅 kitaku, 帰国 kikoku |
| 中文 | 回鄉 /回乡 huíxiāng, 歸國 /归国 guīguó |
| हिन्दी | घर वापसी ghar vāpsī |
| Français | retour |
| Deutsch | Heimkehr, Heimkunft |
| Ελληνικά | νόστος nóstos |
| Русский | возвраще́ние домо́й vozvraščénije domój, возвраще́ние на ро́дину vozvraščénije na ródinu |
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title = {homecoming},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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