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homework

/ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk/noun

School tasks a teacher gives students to complete outside of class, practicing what they learned.

Example sentences

  • “She finished her math homework right after dinner.”
  • “Our teacher gave us extra homework over the holiday weekend.”

Uncountable: say 'a lot of homework' or 'three homework assignments', never 'homeworks'.

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