ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Homeschool

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Homeschool is a verb meaning (intransitive) To be educated at home.

Meaning

(intransitive) To be educated at home.

More Meanings

  1. A school within a private domestic place, rather than in a public facility or private institution.
  2. (US, dated) Synonym of boarding school.
  3. (transitive) To educate children at home, that is, at a private domestic place, in lieu of sending them to a public school or private educational institution.

Example Sentences

I chose to homeschool my children.
I only started regular school when I was ten; before that I homeschooled.
All traditional school programs incorporate some sort of recess or outdoor time, and a homeschool schedule should be no different.
He was so insanely proud of the job his wife and daughter were doing in homeschool, studying ancient Egypt and other Black history.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include homeschoolers, unschooling, preschooling, preschool, kiddos, curriculum.

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