Definition of 'homework'
1. uncountable noun
2. uncountable noun
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homework in American English
noun
1.
work, esp. piecework, done at home
2.
lessons to be studied or schoolwork to be done outside the classroom
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British English: homework
/ˈhəʊmˌwɜːk/ NOUN
Homework is school work given to pupils to do at home.
Have you done your homework?
- American English: homework /ˈhoʊmwɜrk/
- Arabic: وَاجِبٌ مَنْزَلِيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: lição de casa
- Chinese: 家庭作业
- Croatian: domaća zadaća
- Czech: domácí úkoly
- Danish: lektie
- Dutch: huiswerk
- European Spanish: deberes
- Finnish: kotitehtävät
- French: devoirs
- German: Hausaufgabe
- Greek: σχολική εργασία για το σπίτι
- Italian: compiti
- Japanese: 宿題
- Korean: 숙제
- Norwegian: lekse
- Polish: praca domowa szkoła
- European Portuguese: trabalho de casa
- Romanian: temă
- Russian: домашняя работа
- Latin American Spanish: deberes
- Swedish: läxa
- Thai: การบ้าน
- Turkish: ev ödevi
- Ukrainian: домашнє завдання
- Vietnamese: bài tập về nhà
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