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Homecoming

//ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ// noun

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Noun

1
The act or event of returning home.
"His homecoming was saddened by the news of his mother's death the day before."
2
a coming to or returning home wordnet
3
In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered around a football game, a parade and the coronation of a Homecoming Queen. Canada, US, also, attributive
"Many alumni come back for homecoming, and many freshmen are advised to flee."
4
an annual school or university reunion for graduates wordnet
5
In high schools and colleges, a tradition centered 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. It traditionally marks the start of harvest break, where students go home in autumn to harvest the crops on the family farms. Canada, US, abbreviation, also, alt-of, attributive, ellipsis

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”).

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