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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

/ ˈ³óəʊ³¾ËŒ·Éɜ˰ì /

noun

  1. school work done out of lessons, esp at home
  2. any preparatory study
  3. work done at home for pay
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of homework1

First recorded in 1675–85; home + work
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Idioms and Phrases

see do one's homework .
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Even though he was being paid overtime by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Najera spent some of his shifts doing homework and other activities not related to his job, she said.

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Ramona is emotionally distant and prone to fearsome outbursts, notably berating Annie for repeatedly miswriting her “râ€s on her homework.

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If there was one lesson I took away from it, it was this: if you are thinking of investing in cask whisky, do your homework – because not everybody is who they say they are.

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Stella pointed out that his improvement from last year in China - where he was off Norris' pace and finished more than 40 seconds adrift - pointed to the success of that homework.

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Most mornings he’d take the girls to school — Ava invariably leaving the house in a panic, eating the bowl of oatmeal her dad had made her for breakfast on the road while finishing her homework.

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