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# homework

noun (homework)

«homework» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Homework is school work that a pupil does at home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#m1)
2. Doing your homework can mean preparing well before something: «She did her homework before buying a bike». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#m2)

### In the lessons

work counted in pages or problems: pages of math and reading homework, problems finished; «in all» adds the kinds, «how many more» compares them; phrases: «do homework», «hand in homework», «maths homework», «homework club»

### Examples

- Rachel had 5 pages of math homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#x1)
- She had 2 more pages of reading homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#x2)
- How many pages of homework did she have in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#x3)
- Each page has 4 problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#x4)
- I do my homework before dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#x5)
- Please hand in your homework on Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#x6)
- The dog ate my homework! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#x7)
- We have spelling homework every week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: some homework, a piece of homework (not «a homework», not «homeworks»). The thing counted is pages or problems of homework. Trap: «math homework» and «reading homework» are kinds; «in all» adds them, «how many more» compares them.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «homework» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/homework/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«homework» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/homework.html) on Mova free.