home·work (h?m?wûrk?)n.1. Work, such as schoolwork or piecework, that is done at home.2. Preparatory or preliminary work: did their homework before coming to the meeting.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.homework (?h??m?w??k) n1. (Education) school work done out of lessons, esp at home2. (Education) any preparatory study3. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) work done at home for payCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014home?work (?ho?m?w?rk) n. 1. schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom. 2. thorough preparatory study of a subject: to do one’s homework for the next committee meeting. [1675?85] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.assignment – homework1. ‘assignment’An assignment is a task that someone is given to do, usually as part of their job.An assignment is also a piece of academic work given to students.In American English, an assignment is also a piece of work given to students to do at home.Work given to schoolchildren to do at home is also called homework.Be Careful!Homework is an uncountable noun. You do not talk about ‘homeworks’ or ‘a homework’. Note that you do not say ‘I have made my homework’. You say ‘I have done my homework’.Homework is work that school pupils are given to do at home. You say that pupils do homework. Don’t say that they ‘make homework’.Housework is work such as cleaning or washing that is done in a house.Be Careful!Both homework and housework are uncountable nouns. Don’t talk about ‘a homework’ or ‘houseworks’.