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  • noun That part of a scholar's work that is done in class

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the part of a student's work that is done in the classroom

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Examples

  • Ken Gherardini, who taught David conceptual physics, remembers him as an excellent pupil on the rare occasions when he was interested in classwork but otherwise indifferent to his studies.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • I thought their program was excellent. 2 hours (9-11am) of classwork and then you have the rest of the day to explore.

    40 days trip to cental mexico 2009

  • I'm taking a French class and supplement classwork listening to French CD's and DVDs, and the website French etc which has dictation, grammar, games and even French slang.

    Best Tips for Learning French - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • There were 15 kids in the class, and 15 pieces of classwork were thumb-tacked to the wall.

    Nikki Luongo: 'You Seem So Normal!' Nikki Luongo 2011

  • I thought their program was excellent. 2 hours (9-11am) of classwork and then you have the rest of the day to explore.

    40 days trip to cental mexico 2009

  • I gave her a notebook, not fancy, but not the plain copybook she used for classwork.

    Keisha Susan Gibb 2011

  • I thought their program was excellent. 2 hours (9-11am) of classwork and then you have the rest of the day to explore.

    40 days trip to cental mexico 2009

  • She explained that her students were doing poorly on her weekly tests, so her TFA coach had advised her to make all of her classwork the same format as her tests.

    Veteran teacher: My problem(s) with Teach For America Valerie Strauss 2011

  • I thought their program was excellent. 2 hours (9-11am) of classwork and then you have the rest of the day to explore.

    40 days trip to cental mexico 2009

  • With that one letter, what starts out as a cute piece of classwork is turned into what could either be case evidence against a horrible teacher or viral advertising for the new season of "Breaking Bad."

    Meth Teacher? Little Kid Makes Hilarious Misspelling (PICTURE) 2011

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