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Homework   /hˈoʊmwˌərk/   Listen
noun
homework  n.  
1.
Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
Synonyms: prep, preparation.
2.
Hence: (fig.) Studies or other preparatory work done prior to some activity; usually used of preparations for activities of significance or consequence for the performer; as, the candidate didn't do her homework well and was outclassed in the debate.
3.
Paid work done at home, especially piecework.






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"Homework" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the demands of our times. This means hard work on the part of state and local governments, private industry, schools and colleges, private organizations and foundations, teachers, parents, and—perhaps most important of all—the student himself, with his bag of books and his homework. ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... outdoor work, as well as the household labor, was performed by Hans and Gretel. At certain seasons of the year the children went out day after day to gather peat, which they would stow away in square, bricklike pieces, for fuel. At other times, when homework permitted, Hans rode the towing-horses on the canals, earning a few stivers *{A stiver is worth about two cents of our money.} a day, and Gretel tended geese for ...
— Hans Brinker - or The Silver Skates • Mary Mapes Dodge

... classes. [measuring degree of learning of pupils] test, examination, exam; final exam, mid-term exam grade [result of measurement of learning], score, marks; A,B,C,D,E,F; gentleman's C; pass, fail, incomplete. homework; take-home lesson; exercise for the student; theme, project. V. teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor; cram, prime, coach; enlighten &c (inform) 527. inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft^, infiltrate; imbue, impregnate, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... CALALUCA stressed that, as possibly the only private publishing organization at the Workshop, Chadwyck-Healey had sought no federal funds or national foundation support before embarking upon the project, but instead had relied upon a great deal of homework and marketing to accomplish ...
— LOC WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC TEXTS • James Daly



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