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homework

[ hohm-wurk ]

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noun

schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom ( distinguished from classwork ).
a single assignment of such schoolwork: Homeworks are due at the beginning of class.
paid work done at home, as piecework.
thorough preparatory study of a subject:
to do one's homework for the next committee meeting.

homework

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noun

school work done out of lessons, esp at home
any preparatory study
work done at home for pay

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Word History and Origins

Origin of homework¹

First recorded in 1675–85; home + work

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Idioms and Phrases

see do one's homework .

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As Rivera mentions, you know you need to find a bank and do your homework; you know that not having a bank account isn't working.

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It’s the only scene of its kind in the movie, but the point is made: “Warfare” will not feel like homework.

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“You’re going to have seven or eight different kinds of surfaces. Where they build the track can be totally different from the year before. It’s never the same. So you have to do your homework.”

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Or “If I only did my homework, the dog wouldn’t have died.”

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Even though he was being paid overtime by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Najera spent some of his shifts doing homework and other activities not related to his job, she said.

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