Definitions for homework
ˈhoʊmˌwɜrkhome·work

Princeton's WordNet(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. homework, prep, preparation(noun)

   preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

GCIDE(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. homework(n.)

   Paid work done at home, especially piecework.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. homework(Noun)

   Work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.

   You must do your homework before you can watch television.

2. homework(Noun)

   Preliminary or preparatory work, such as research.

   The speaker had certainly done his homework before delivering the lecture.

Freebase(4.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Homework

   Homework, or homework assignment, refers to tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside of class. Common homework assignments may include a quantity or period of reading to be performed, writing or typing to be completed, problems to be solved, a school project to be built, or other skills to be practiced.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'homework' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2123

How to pronounce homework?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say homework in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of homework in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of homework in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of homework in a Sentence

1. Scott Kelly:

   A lot of people think [that] to be a scientist you have to be a genius – I am here to tell you that that is not the case, i was not a genius growing up – I was the kid that couldn’t do his homework, but I found this inspiration – 18 years later I was flying in space.

2. Alen Wu:

   We now are currently doing research - doing our homework - in terms of entering other European markets, such as Germany, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine, the past couple of days we have had a lot of talks with carriers and retailers, and they are all very keen to start extensive collaboration with OPPO.

3. Isabella Appell:

   She would do homework or study until 10 or 11 at night, and then would cut and sew until two or three in the morning and start the whole process over again early the next morning, when she finds something she believes in, she gives it everything she has, and she is dedicated to this cause like nothing we've seen before.

4. Prime Minister Edi Rama:

   We are fully confident the process of reforms in the judiciary is of high quality and quick, as we are that in autumn we shall hand over to the Commission our completed homework on the five key priorities.

5. Kim Jae-hyun:

   North Korea's air quality is our homework to do, and we have to think about North Korean people's health as well.

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