homework

Homework means the work a student must do outside of class. (noun)

A math worksheet done after dinner is an example of homework.

Homework means the research that must be done to prepare for informed discussion. (noun)

An advertising team reading up on prospective clients they will soon meet is an example of homework.

See homework in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

work, esp. piecework, done at home
lessons to be studied or schoolwork to be done outside the classroom
☆ study or research in preparation for some project, activity, etc.
used mainly in the phrase do one's homework

See homework in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(hōmˈwûrkˌ)

noun

Work, such as schoolwork or piecework, that is done at home.
Preparatory or preliminary work: did their homework before coming to the meeting.

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