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homework

[hohm-wurk] / ˈhoʊmˌwɜrk /

NOUN

assignment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appointment chore drill duty job position post practice stint

STRONG

beat charge commission mission

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unemployment

WEAK

keeping

NOUN

drill

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assignment conditioning discipline drilling preparation repetition training tryout warmup workout

STRONG

call constitutional dress gym instruction maneuvers marching run through shakedown

WEAK

daily dozen dry run learning by doing

NOUN

lesson

Synonyms

STRONGEST

class education exercise instruction lecture practice reading study task teaching test

STRONG

assignment coaching drill period quiz recitation schooling

WEAK

chalk talk tutoring

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance

NOUN

practice

Synonyms

STRONGEST

action discipline drill experience operation preparation study training use

STRONG

assignment background drilling effect iteration recitation recounting rehearsal relating repetition seasoning tune-up

WEAK

prepping workout

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idleness inaction

WEAK

abstention ignorance neglect refrain

NOUN

preparation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrangement construction education establishment formation groundwork measure plan precaution preparedness qualification rehearsal study training

STRONG

alertness anticipation background base basis evolution expectation fitting foresight foundation gestation incubation manufacture provision readying rundown safeguard schoolwork substructure tryout workout

WEAK

buildup dry run getting ready lead time making ready preparing putting in order

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance

WEAK

ingredient unreadiness

NOUN

revision

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alteration amendment improvement modification reconsideration reexamination review

STRONG

correction editing emendation polish rectification redaction redraft rescript retrospect retrospection revisal revise updating

WEAK

afterlight overhauling recension rectifying reediting restyling

Antonyms

STRONGEST

worsening

Example Sentences

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Abolishing the organisation which champions patient views on health and social care would leave the NHS "marking their own homework", a group representing local councils in England and Wales has warned.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Councillor Dr Wendy Taylor MBE, chair of the Local Government Association's health and wellbeing committee, said this was akin to health services "marking their own homework".

From BBC • May 30, 2026

His first turn behind the camera is a project 20 years in the making, based on an idea which started out as a homework project for his daughter.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

What lets you know, “Oh, they’ve done their homework a little bit, and they’re not just going to toss me around as a possibility”?

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

After I leave the tea shop, Mom and I do homework together.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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