homework

[hohm-wurk]

noun

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

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

3. paid work done at home, as piecework.

4. thorough preparatory study of a subject.

   to do one's homework for the next committee meeting.

homework

/ ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk /

noun

1. school work done out of lessons, esp at home

2. any preparatory study

3. work done at home for pay

Word History and Origins

Origin of homework¹

First recorded in 1675–85; home + work

Idioms and Phrases

see do one's homework.

Example Sentences

I kept revisiting the scene at the kitchen table the night before, when he’d struggled with his math homework.

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There are many beautifully moving markets, but they won’t benefit you unless you prepare and do your homework.

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When I was a college student, I spent hours wandering the stacks at the library to find answers to homework.

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Heaven forefend that they be asked to complete multiple assignments in a week—like kids in grade school once were expected to do before schools started banning homework.

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“We could meet off-camera and talk about issues. We’d say this is what we got, and the press would say ‘this is what we want to ask about,’ then we would do our homework.

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