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# homesickness

noun (homesickness; no plural)

«homesickness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Homesickness is the sad feeling of missing your home and family when you are away from them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homesickness/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in stories, school camps and boarding school, and when people move to a new country. Phrases: «suffer from homesickness», «a wave of homesickness». It tells the reader someone feels lonely and misses home.

### Examples

- On the first night at camp, I felt homesickness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homesickness/#x1)
- Homesickness is normal when you go somewhere new. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homesickness/#x2)
- Writing letters helped her homesickness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homesickness/#x3)
- He felt a wave of homesickness when he heard his mum's voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homesickness/#x4)
- Keeping busy can ease homesickness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homesickness/#x5)
- The new student's homesickness faded after a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homesickness/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Adjective: homesick (I feel homesick). Not an illness of the body, though it can make you feel unwell.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «homesickness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homesickness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«homesickness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/homesickness.html) on Mova free.