Phrase guide

Home Office

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

name

Meaning 1

The British government department, headed by the Home Secretary, responsible for security and law enforcement in England and Wales.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The headquarters of an organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I received a directive from home office.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A room, in a person's home, equipped as an office so that the person may work from home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • many companies have their headquarters in New York

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: headquarters, central office, main office, home base

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: office, business office

Narrower terms: mukataa

5

noun

Meaning 5

the government department in charge of domestic affairs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ministry

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 內政部 /内政部 (Nèizhèngbù) — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • Finnish: sisäasiainministeriö — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • French: bureau de l'Intérieur — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • Georgian: შინაგან საქმეთა სამინისტრო (šinagan sakmeta saminisṭro) — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • Georgian: შინაგან საქმეთა დეპარტამენტი (šinagan sakmeta deṗarṭamenṭi) — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • German: Innenministerium — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • Hindi: गृह मंत्रालय (gŕh mantrālay) — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • Hungarian: belügyminisztérium — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • Spanish: Ministerio del Interiro — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • Sranan Tongo: ministeria fu insei afersi — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • Yiddish: אינלאַנד־⁠מיניסטעריום — ministry responsible for internal affairs
  • Bulgarian: домашен офис (domašen ofis) — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • Danish: hjemmekontor — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • German: Homeoffice — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • German: Heimbüro — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • Hungarian: otthonról végzettmunka (táv) — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • Hungarian: otthoni munkavégzés — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • Hungarian: otthoni iroda/munkahely — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • Indonesian: rumah kantor — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjemmekontor — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • Portuguese: home office — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work
  • Swedish: hemmakontor — room in a private home equipped for long-distance work