SCHOOLWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does schoolwork mean? 

• SCHOOLWORK (noun)
  The noun SCHOOLWORK has 1 sense:

1. a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher

  Familiarity information: SCHOOLWORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHOOLWORK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

school assignment; schoolwork

Hypernyms ("schoolwork" is a kind of...):

assignment (an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schoolwork"):

classroom project (a school task requiring considerable effort)

classwork (the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom)

homework; prep; preparation (preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home))

lesson (a task assigned for individual study)

 Context examples 

"A" is often used to denote something or someone of a better or more prestigious quality or status: A, A+ or A*, the best grade that can be assigned by teachers for students' schoolwork; A grade for clean restaurants; A-List celebrities, etc. The number 1 is used in a similar way.

(A, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)