HOMEWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homework mean? 

• HOMEWORK (noun)
  The noun HOMEWORK has 1 sense:

1. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

  Familiarity information: HOMEWORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMEWORK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

homework; prep; preparation

Hypernyms ("homework" is a kind of...):

school assignment; schoolwork (a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher)

Holonyms ("homework" is a part of...):

didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)

 Context examples 

Flossing once a day is also part of the "regular homework" for keeping gums healthy.

(New Link Found between Alzheimer's & Gum Disease Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Alternatively, you might want to buy new furniture or choose a contractor among the names your friends have offered you. (Be sure to do your homework—contractors can be wonderful or troublesome—check references.) This is an ideal day to move ahead on any home or family matter—it is a day that sparkles brightly for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)