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noun as in assignment

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• appointment

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noun as in drill

• conditioning
• preparation
• constitutional
• instruction
• run through

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• daily dozen
• learning by doing

noun as in lesson

noun as in practice

noun as in preparation

• arrangement
• construction
• establishment
• preparedness
• qualification
• anticipation
• expectation
• manufacture
• substructure
• getting ready
• making ready
• putting in order

noun as in revision

• improvement
• modification
• reconsideration
• reexamination
• rectification
• retrospection
• overhauling

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Example sentences.

Now, they log on to Zoom from their bedrooms, surrounded by unfinished homework assignments and tattered stuffed animals, waiting to be assigned calls, texts and emails by the trained therapists who oversee the program.

Yow started her homework and saw Frese had gone 35-22 with two winning seasons at Ball State, which hadn’t had a winning record in its previous nine seasons.

Do some homework before investing in a diamond, and that lifelong commitment.

Another poster included an image of their losses over what appeared to be online math homework.

As we countdown to Inauguration Day, I've been doing my homework—and looking to the past for inspiration.

“I can help my children with their homework and sometimes we text in English at my job,” Santos says.

Scheunemann, meanwhile, had no idea who Spencer was, and did some homework.

She jumped at the chance to watch RT, or jumped at the chance to skip calculus homework.

And we encourage parent-student “contracts,” for class attendance, homework submission and even extra-curriculum activities.

Adicéam did his homework, spending 50 days collecting pieces, many with unexpected stories behind them.

Much of this homework is done by a very bad light and the boy's eyes suffer much.

For homework we have prepared alphabets where the letters are printed in type-writing order.

His parents were always getting angry with him for losing his clothes, or his toys, or his homework.

Only at the time when he was going to Beauregard School, with his homework.

And once a week or twice a week she was sending her homework or something to him.

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Words related to homework are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word homework . Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

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On this page you'll find 166 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to homework, such as: appointment, chore, drill, duty, job, and position.

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Synonyms for homework ˈhoʊmˌwɜrk home·work, this thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word homework ., princeton's wordnet rate these synonyms: 1.5 / 4 votes.

homework, prep, preparation noun

preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

Synonyms: cooking , formulation , provision , preparedness , grooming , cookery , readying , training , planning , readiness , prep , preparation

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class, exercise, homeassingment, instruction, lecture, practice, study, hometask, teaching, test

"we were given many homework assignments"

1. a piece of work that needs to be done regularly 2. something assigned to be read or studied

1. his first newspaper assignment was writing obituaries 2. have you found essay writer to write an assignment for tomorrow?

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List of paraphrases for "homework":

duties , schoolwork , duty , lesson

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At this point in time we can build a tower that is one kilometer, maybe two kilometers. Any higher than that and we will have to do a lot of homework.

Dag Skattum :

Investors tend to be more supportive of well thought out transformational deals, and expect management teams and boards to have done their homework before coming to market with large-scale acquisitions.

Arnold Schwarzenegger :

It’s been a passion of mine, while the parents are working, five days a week – they (ASAS) offer homework assistance, tutoring, and help with learning a second language.

Jessica Lahey :

In order to be invested in our own learning or anything we're doing, we need to feel like we have some control over the details of it. We need to have some autonomy and control over the details of it. We need to feel competent, and if parents are fixing homework for us, the kid never really gets to feel competent because the parent's the one fixing it and they really need to feel invested and connected to the material.

William J. O'Neil :

90 percent of the people in the stock market, professionals and amateurs alike, simply haven't done enough homework.

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Homework synonyms

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• assignment exercise, duty
• preparation practice, exercise
• task duty, information taught
• lesson undertaking
• exercise information taught
• job responsibility, duty
• project undertaking
• chore responsibility
• schoolwork development
• drill exercise, responsibility
• practice responsibility, information taught
• groundwork development
• duty responsibility
• study exercise, development
• recitation exercise, information taught
• reading information taught
• charge duty
• training development, practice
• workout practice, development
• business undertaking
• discipline practice
• tryout practice
• instruction

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noun. ['ˈhoʊmˌwɝːk'] preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).

• instruction
• school assignment
• educational activity
• inexperience
• unenlightenment
• home (English)
• home (Middle English (1100-1500))
• work (English)
• weorc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
• latticework

Sentences with homework

1. Noun, singular or mass Do your homework : research the company and the person who will interview you.

Quotes about homework

1. Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful. - Diane Ackerman 2. Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework ; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character. - Kate Winslet 3. One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework , that we are not prepared. - Merlin Olsen

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• The kids are busy with their homework.
• My science teacher always sets a lot of homework.
• "Have you got any homework tonight ?" "No."
• I got A minus for my English homework.
• For homework I want you to write an essay on endangered species .
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• access course
• Advanced Placement
• asynchronous
• foundation course
• immersion course
• interdisciplinarity
• on a course
• open admissions
• open classroom
• work placement

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[ hohm -wurk ]

• 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.

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

/ ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk /

• 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 homework 1

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Example sentences.

Now, they log on to Zoom from their bedrooms, surrounded by unfinished homework assignments and tattered stuffed animals, waiting to be assigned calls, texts and emails by the trained therapists who oversee the program.

Yow started her homework and saw Frese had gone 35-22 with two winning seasons at Ball State, which hadn’t had a winning record in its previous nine seasons.

Do some homework before investing in a diamond, and that lifelong commitment.

Another poster included an image of their losses over what appeared to be online math homework.

As we countdown to Inauguration Day, I've been doing my homework—and looking to the past for inspiration.

“I can help my children with their homework and sometimes we text in English at my job,” Santos says.

Scheunemann, meanwhile, had no idea who Spencer was, and did some homework.

She jumped at the chance to watch RT, or jumped at the chance to skip calculus homework.

And we encourage parent-student “contracts,” for class attendance, homework submission and even extra-curriculum activities.

Adicéam did his homework, spending 50 days collecting pieces, many with unexpected stories behind them.

Much of this homework is done by a very bad light and the boy's eyes suffer much.

For homework we have prepared alphabets where the letters are printed in type-writing order.

His parents were always getting angry with him for losing his clothes, or his toys, or his homework.

Only at the time when he was going to Beauregard School, with his homework.

And once a week or twice a week she was sending her homework or something to him.

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• establishment
• preparedness
• qualification

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Word History

1662, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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“Homework.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homework. Accessed 9 May. 2024.

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