Definition of homework
1 : piecework done at home for pay
2 : an assignment given to a student to be completed outside the regular class period
3 : preparatory reading or research (as for a discussion or a debate)
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Examples of homework in a Sentence
She started her algebra homework.
Recent Examples of homework from the Web
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The previous evening, after football practice ended a little before sunset, Raúl returned to Mexico and did homework before eating dinner.
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Only these kids threw their homework, English papers and other schoolwork away, down a school stairwell, creating a blizzard of paper that left people on Twitter very jealous.
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His furniture, toys, animals and homework come to life and reprimand him.
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Of course, do your homework and look at the market and competition.
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Heading to the polls after Sept. 1 might require a bit more homework, if Abbott signs HB 25 into law.
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When the White Sox have wrapped up their daily game and the players depart the clubhouse, that's when Omar Narvaez breaks out his homework.
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The solution: a little homework, and an adjustment in your deck height.
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Yet, as Andersen notes, old-schoolers like Pierre Salinger don’t bother to do their homework about the Net, and they get burned.
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First Known Use of homework
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HOMEWORK Defined for English Language Learners
homework
playDefinition of homework for English Language Learners
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: work that a student is given to do at home
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: research or reading done in order to prepare for something
HOMEWORK Defined for Kids
homework
playDefinition of homework for Students
: work (as school lessons) to be done at home
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