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homing

[ hoh-ming ]

adjective

  1. capable of returning home, usually over a great distance:

    We saw the homing birds at dusk.

  2. guiding or directing homeward or to a destination, especially by mechanical means:

    the homing instinct; a homing beacon.



homing

/ ˈhəʊmɪŋ /

noun

  1. zoology relating to the ability to return home after travelling great distances

    homing instinct

  2. (of an aircraft, a missile, etc) capable of guiding itself onto a target or to a specified point
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of homing1

First recorded in 1860–65; home + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

Yet a growing number of cities around the world are increasingly homing in on ways to strengthen their night-time economy.

From BBC

The team has engineered platelet-like particles capable of traveling through the bloodstream and then homing to the site of tissue damage, where they augment the clotting process and then support subsequent wound healing.

At last, the bell rang and the students flew out of the door like a flock of homing pigeons in a movie Ms. Mac showed us.

Opening arguments began in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Monday, with much of the news media coverage homing in on as many details as possible about the proceedings.

But the high-profile take-downs in recent months in the finance sector are a different matter, homing in on senior executives who are accused of being very active for the wrong reasons.

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