do homework
Finish school tasks
To do homework is to complete school assignments meant for home study: I can't go out until I do my homework.
Extended to any context, doing homework means preparing thoroughly by researching or studying beforehand: Before the interview, she did her homework on the company.
The preparation sense implies diligence that pays off.
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- study groupLearners meeting to prepare
- hit the booksStudy intensively
- assignmentsAllocated duties or tasks
- essaysShort nonfiction prose pieces
term paper · textbook · deadline · due date · time management · desk · pencil · notebook · cramming · pull an all-nighter · grades · extra credit · concentrate · library · calculator · problems · reading · writing
- learninglearning, learn, classes, instruction, studying
- getting readyget ready, readying, be prepared, equipping, gear up
do homeworkplay
Recreation or staged drama
goof off · hang out · relax · have fun · play outside
do homeworkprocrastinate
Delay action unnecessarily
slack off · goof off · cheat · skip class · play hooky
homework, does, done, doer, home, work, homes, works, worked