/ˈhəʊmwɜːk/
Translation
School work that a teacher gives you to do at home.
Word origin
Made in English by joining the words home and work; school work done at home.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- home + work
- English cognates
- home, work
Examples
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"Do your homework" is the usual verb phrase, not "make".
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Homework is work from school that you do at home.
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"Homework" is uncountable, so we say "much homework", never "homeworks".
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