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home adjective ( COUNTRY )

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Definition

[before noun] connected with or done in your own country
His books were a success in his home market, but failed to find an audience abroad.

(Definition of home adjective (COUNTRY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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