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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun[edit]
homework (usually uncountable, plural homeworks)
- Work that is done at home, especially school exercises assigned by a teacher.
- 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
- Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. […] Children address teachers by their first names. Even 15-year-olds do no more than 30 minutes'[sic] homework a night.
- 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.
- (uncommon) Housework.
Usage notes[edit]
The term is generally used to refer to primary or secondary school assignments as opposed to college-level coursework.
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:homework.
Translations[edit]
work that is done at home
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preliminary or preparatory work
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