Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

home-and-away

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.40 in modern English

Syllables: home--and--away
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.

British usage

Example Sentences

"the practicalities of how a play-off system could work: whether it should take the form of a home-and-away knockout system, similar to that in the Football League, or incorporate seeding"
"2013 February 21, Peter Whyke, The Guardian "'There are still people coming to our house for autographs 50 years on'" Ahead of it we thought, as with any cup tie, that we had a 50-50 chance especially being at home in the first leg as finals then were played on a home and away basis."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

home and away (alternative)

Synonyms

home-and-home

Questions

What does home-and-away mean?: Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.

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