homecoming
pronunciation
How to pronounce homecoming in British English:
UK [ˈhəʊmkʌmɪŋ]
How to pronounce homecoming in American English:
US [ˈhoʊmkʌmɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- an annual school or university reunion for graduates
- a coming to or returning home
Word Origin
- homecoming (n.)
- mid-13c. in literal sense of "a coming home," from home (n.) + present participle of come. Compare Old English hamcyme "return." Attested from 1935 in U.S. high school dance sense. Used earlier in Britain in reference to the annual return of natives to the Isle of Man.
Example
- 1. Her mother , lollie , had been the homecoming queen at college .
- 2. I really don 't care about becoming homecoming prince .
- 3. Shouldn 't you be running for homecoming queen or something ?
- 4. The homecoming queen is leaving ?
- 5. Many people still come to homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation .