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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | central location of organization |
| Synonyms: | abode, axis, capital, center, cradle, focal point, fulcrum, headquarters, heart, house, hub, location, mansion, nerve center, place, polestar, post, residence, site, situation, source, spot, station |
| Antonyms: | annex, offshoot |
| Main Entry: | home office |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | main office |
| Synonyms: | HQ, center of operations, corporate headquarters, executive office, headquarters |
| Concept: | [Place of habitation, or resort] Abode. |
| Category: | 3. EXISTENCE IN SPACE |
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-nouns
abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark., home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, ingleside; harem, seraglio, zenana; household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile; native soil, native land., nest, nidus, snuggery; arbor, bower, [more]; lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyry, rookery, hive; covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost; nidification; kala jagah., bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation; barrack, casemate, casern., tent (covering); building (construction); chamber (receptacle); xenodochium., tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft., cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout [U.S.], wigwam; pen (inclosure); barn, bawn; kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary, columbararium; shippen; igloo, iglu, jacal; lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang, tepee, topek., house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace; kiosk, bungalow; casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house; temple., hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal; borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis; suburb; province, country; county town, county seat; courthouse [U.S.]; ghetto., street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews., square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister; gardens, grove, residences; block of buildings, market place, place, plaza., anchorage, roadstead, roads; dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor., quarter, parish (region)., assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dark bungalow, khan, hospice; public house, pot house, mug house; gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house [U.S.], cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop, dive [U.S.], exchange [euphemism, U.S.]; grill room, saloon [U.S.], shebeen; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada; almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse [U.S.]., garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne.
-verbs
take up one's abode (locate oneself) [more]; inhabit (be present).
-adjectives
urban, metropolitan; suburban; provincial, rural, rustic; domestic; cosmopolitan; palatial.
-phrases
eigner Hert ist goldes Werth; "even cities have their graves" [Longfellow]; ubi libertas ibi partria ["Where liberty is, my country is" (Latin)].
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| Concept: | [Place of meeting.] Focus. |
| Category: | 3. COLLECTIVE ORDER |
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-nouns
focus; point of convergence; corradiation; center; gathering place, resort, haunt, retreat; venue; rendezvous; rallying point, headquarters, home, club; depot (store); trysting place; place of meeting, place of resort, place of assignation; point de reunion; issue.
-verbs
bring to a point, bring to a focus, bring to an issue.
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