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homework

[ hohm-wurk ]

/ ˈhoʊmˌwɜrk /

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noun

schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).

a single assignment of such schoolwork: Homeworks are due at the beginning of class.

paid work done at home, as piecework.

thorough preparatory study of a subject: to do one's homework for the next committee meeting.

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Origin of homework

First recorded in 1675–85; home + work

Words nearby homework

home unit, home video, homeward, homeware, Homewood, homework, homeworker, homewrecker, homey, homichlophobia, homicidal

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How to use homework in a sentence

Now, they log on to Zoom from their bedrooms, surrounded by unfinished homework assignments and tattered stuffed animals, waiting to be assigned calls, texts and emails by the trained therapists who oversee the program.
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Yow started her homework and saw Frese had gone 35-22 with two winning seasons at Ball State, which hadn’t had a winning record in its previous nine seasons.
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Do some homework before investing in a diamond, and that lifelong commitment.
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Another poster included an image of their losses over what appeared to be online math homework.
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As we countdown to Inauguration Day, I've been doing my homework—and looking to the past for inspiration.
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“I can help my children with their homework and sometimes we text in English at my job,” Santos says.
She Gives the Gift of Language|Bobby Blanchard|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Scheunemann, meanwhile, had no idea who Spencer was, and did some homework.
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She jumped at the chance to watch RT, or jumped at the chance to skip calculus homework.
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And we encourage parent-student “contracts,” for class attendance, homework submission and even extra-curriculum activities.
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Adicéam did his homework, spending 50 days collecting pieces, many with unexpected stories behind them.
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Much of this homework is done by a very bad light and the boy's eyes suffer much.
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For homework we have prepared alphabets where the letters are printed in type-writing order.
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His parents were always getting angry with him for losing his clothes, or his toys, or his homework.
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Only at the time when he was going to Beauregard School, with his homework.
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And once a week or twice a week she was sending her homework or something to him.
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British Dictionary definitions for homework

homework

/ (ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk) /

noun

school work done out of lessons, esp at home

any preparatory study

work done at home for pay

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with homework

homework

see do one's homework.

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