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homework

[hohm-wurk]

noun

  1. schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork ).

  2. a single assignment of such schoolwork: Homeworks are due at the beginning of class.

  3. paid work done at home, as piecework.

  4. thorough preparatory study of a subject.

    to do one's homework for the next committee meeting.



homework

/ ˈəʊˌɜː /

noun

  1. school work done out of lessons, esp at home

  2. any preparatory study

  3. work done at home for pay

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of homework1

First recorded in 1675–85; home + work
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The real homework is the labor that we do when we spend our whole lives wondering.

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I knew she was going to do her homework.

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"Blaming the weather for the highest ever crossing numbers so far this year is the border security equivalent of a lazy student claiming 'the dog ate my homework'."

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But we realized so many of the “prestige” serialized shows felt like homework: too much backstory, too many episodes you had to absorb to be up to date.

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The family moved to Manchester before returning to a flat on London's Park Lane - where the traffic noise was so bad that he struggled to do his homework.

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