hone in
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English
editEtymology
editBy confusion between hone and home.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊn ɪn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊn ɪn/
- Hyphenation: hone‧in
Verb
edithone in (third-person singular simple present hones in, present participle honing in, simple past and past participle honed in)
- (proscribed) Alternative form of home in.
- 2016 April 18, Harry McGee, “All you need to know about tight race for those Seanad seats”, in The Irish Times:
- More than half of those are completely ignored by de Róiste. He hones in on only 400 of those, scattered around the country.
- 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway facts: Aylesbury (2009)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61:
- The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.
References
edit- “hone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.