Complete Definition of "homework"

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Noun
en-noun|sg=homework|-

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

#:You must do your homework before you can watch television.

  1. Preliminary or preparatory work.

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

Usage notes
The term is generally used to refer to primary or secondary school assignments as opposed to college-level coursework.

Translations
trans-top|work that is done at home
Afrikaans: tuiswerk
Bosnian: doma�i rad m, doma�a zada�a f
Dutch: huiswerk
Finnish: läksyt p, kotitehtävä s / kotitehtävät p
French: devoirs m plural
German: Hausaufgaben p
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Italian: compito m (compiti p)
Japanese: 宿������� (shukudai)
Maltese: ħomwerk, xogħol għad-dar
Russian: дома�нее задание (domášneje zadánije)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: дома�и �ад m, дома�а зада�а f
:Roman: doma�i rad m, doma�a zada�a f
Spanish: deberes m|p italbrac|Argentina|Spain|Uruguay, tarea f italbrac|Latin America
Swedish: läxa, hemläxa, hemuppgift
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trans-top|preliminary or preparatory work
Afrikaans: tuiswerk
Dutch: huiswerk
Finnish valmistelut p
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Spanish: tarea f
Swedish: hemläxa
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See also
busy woork
schoolwork

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