homecoming

Plural: homecomings

Noun

• an annual school or university reunion for graduates
• a coming to or returning home
• The act or event of returning home.
• In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen.
• In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred 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.

Examples

• His homecoming was saddened by the news of his mother's death the day before.
• homecoming ball
• homecoming game
• homecoming party
• homecoming rave
• Many alumni come back for homecoming, and many freshmen are advised to flee.

Synonyms

return, hoco