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/hoʊm ɪn/

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verb

/hoʊm ɪn/C1formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения сосредоточения внимания или прямого движения к цели, задаче или объекту.

A phrasal verb used to indicate focusing attention or moving directly toward a target, goal, or objective.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. To aim or direct preciselyformal

    To move or direct something exactly toward a target or goal.

    ruНацеливаться

    • The missile homed in on its target with great accuracy.
    • The detective homed in on the key suspect after analyzing the evidence.
    • The research team homed in on the cause of the disease.

    Synonymsaimconvergefocustargetzero in

    Antonymsdriftstraywander

  2. To focus attentioninformal

    To concentrate one's attention or efforts on a particular issue or detail.

    ruСосредоточиться

    • The teacher homed in on the student's main weakness.
    • During the debate, she homed in on the most controversial point.
    • The report homes in on the financial problems of the company.

    Synonymsconcentrate onfocus ontargetzero in

Forms
  • homed in past participle
  • homed in past simple
  • homing in present participle
  • homes in third person singular

Base verbhome

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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