homeschool

verb

home·​school ˈhōm-ˌskül How to pronounce homeschool (audio)
homeschooled; homeschooling; homeschools

intransitive verb

: to teach school subjects to one's children at home

transitive verb

: to teach (one's children) at home

Examples of homeschool in a Sentence

They homeschooled both their children. Parents who homeschool are meeting on Thursday.
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As their family continued to grow over the years, Murray and Roemer have remained very protective of their children’s privacy, opting to homeschool their kids and keep their names out of the press. Glamour, 25 July 2025 Or people were trying to homeschool their kids while juggling Zoom meetings and their full workload! David Ko, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed a review of the Pentagon’s support for military families who choose to homeschool their kids, according to a memo released Tuesday. Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 28 May 2025 Students with disabilities would receive that base amount, plus the amount their local school district would have received for their education, with a maximum total of $30,000. Families who choose to homeschool their children would be eligible for a flat $2,000 annually. Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for homeschool

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of homeschool was in 1980

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“Homeschool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeschool. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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homeschool

verb
home·​school ˈhōm-ˌskül How to pronounce homeschool (audio)
: to teach school subjects to one's children at home

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