schoolwork

[ skool-wurk ]

/ ˈskulˌwɜrk /

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noun

the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.

Nearby words

schoolroom, schools, schoolteacher, schoolteacherish, schoolteaching, schoolwork, schoolyard, schooner, schooner rig, schooner-rigged, schopenhauer

Origin of schoolwork

First recorded in 1855–60; school¹ + work

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Examples from the Web for schoolwork

In general, students are extremely careful when it comes to schoolwork because we know the consequences.
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She made her father sit down in a chair and look at her schoolwork.
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But as serious as he was about his schoolwork, Bryant remained an unfailingly fun guy.
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The two gals are similar, however, when it comes to balancing acting and schoolwork.
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Johnson says she used her pain to dig deeper into her schoolwork and into her dual majors of chemistry and psychology.
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Schoolwork was as interesting, class rivalry as absorbing, as of yore.
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He himself had made no practical progress in schoolwork—he knew that.
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Japanese students spend more time on schoolwork (the same 2-to-1 ratio), but much less on entertainment.
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