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homework (uncountable)
- Work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.
- You must do your homework before you can watch television.
- Preliminary or preparatory work, such as research.
- The speaker had certainly done his homework before delivering the lecture.
[edit] Usage notes
The term is generally used to refer to primary or secondary school assignments as opposed to college-level coursework.
[edit] Translations
work that is done at home
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- Italian: compito it(it) m. (compiti pl.)
- Japanese: 宿題 ja(ja) (しゅくだい, shukudai)
- Maltese: ħomwerk mt(mt), xogħol għad-dar mt(mt)
- Norwegian: lekse no(no) m. and f., hjemmelekse no(no) m. and f.
- Polish: zadanie domowe pl(pl)
- Portuguese: tarefa pt(pt)
- Russian: домашнее задание ru(ru) (domášneje zadánije) n., домашняя работа ru(ru) (domášnjaja rabóta) f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: домаћи рад sr(sr) m., домаћа задаћа sr(sr) f.
- Roman: domaći rad m., domaća zadaća f.
- Spanish: deberes es(es) m. pl. (Argentina, Spain, Uruguay), tarea es(es) f. (Latin America)
- Swedish: läxa sv(sv), hemläxa sv(sv), hemuppgift sv(sv)
- Tagalog: takdang-aralin tl(tl)
- Thai: การบ้าน th(th) (kanban)
- Turkish: ödev tr(tr), ev ödevi tr(tr)
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preliminary or preparatory work
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