Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

home page

/ˈhoʊmpeɪdʒ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.04 in modern English

Syllables: home- -page
IPA: /ˈhoʊmpeɪdʒ/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The main or first page of a website or set of hyperlinked documents.

noun

The default page set to open in a web browser or hypertext system when it starts up, or when its home function is invoked.

noun

Someone's public personal home page/site on the World Wide Web.

Example Sentences

"Creating Your Own Home Page The home page provided by CERN is a good entry point into the Web; it points you to a lot of resources fairly quickly."
"A computer virus kept changing my home page to a site full of adware."
"When you first launch Netscape, it will load your predefined home page. To change Netscape's home page, select Edit, Preferences."
"My home page is www.example.com/~user."

Etymology

From home + page. First attested in 1992.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhoʊmpeɪdʒ/
British English: /ˈhəʊmpeɪdʒ/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Computing.

Inflected Forms

home pages (plural) homepage (alternative)

Phrases

landing page

Frequently Paired Words

landing page

Synonyms

start page main page front page homepage

Questions

How do you pronounce home page?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhoʊmpeɪdʒ/.
What does home page mean?: The main or first page of a website or set of hyperlinked documents.
Where does home page come from?: From home + page. First attested in 1992.

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