homework

Definition

  • noun: work that a student is given to do at home
  • noun: piecework done at home for pay
  • used in the phrase 'do your homework'
  • synonyms: prep, preparation

Examples

  • The candidate 'did his homework' [=studied the issues] before the debate.

  • She started her algebra 'homework'.

  • Please do/finish your 'homework'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) project an image of success at all times." Stop it. Stop it. Shit. I have to run next door. Jane left her geometry book in my bag, and she needs it to do her homework. So you and psycho boy are fucking on, like, a regular basis now, right? No. Come on. You can tell me. Does he have a big dick? (..)
    1999 American Beauty