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homeschool en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A school within a private domestic place, rather than in a public facility or private institution.
   • All traditional school programs incorporate some sort of recess or outdoor time, and a homeschool schedule should be no different. 2020 March 16, Matt Villano, “How ‘regular school’ parents can homeschool their kids”, in CNN:
   • He was so insanely proud of the job his wife and daughter were doing in homeschool, studying ancient Egypt and other Black history. 2025 July 23, Andrew Lawrence, “Malcolm-Jamal Warner was a TV big brother and an off-screen gentleman. He’ll be forever missed”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2025:
2. (US, countable, dated, uncountable) Synonym of boarding school.

Forms

Synonyms

boarding school

Translations (1)

fi kotikoulu (school within private domestic place)

homeschool en · VERB

Meanings

1. (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.
   • At the same time, said Jen Reyneri, who has homeschooled two sons (ages 16 and 12), each family should embrace the opportunity to create a rhythm of life that works for them. 2020 March 16, Matt Villano, “How ‘regular school’ parents can homeschool their kids”, in CNN:
   • I chose to homeschool my children.
   • Both work -- Jenny as a freelance writer from home, Marc full-time-plus as a civil engineer with a long commute. Jenny also takes care of their four sons, ages 20 months to 9 years, and homeschools the two oldest. 2007 October 30, Terry Cettina, “How to even the score on housework, kid duty”, in CNN:
2. (intransitive) To be educated at home.
   • I only started regular school when I was ten; before that I homeschooled.

Forms

Deriveds

homeschooler

Relateds

homeschooling

Translations (7)

cmn 家庭教學 /家庭教学 (educate children at home) · fr faire l'école à la maison (be educated at home) · fi opettaa kotona (educate children at home) · de häuslichen Unterricht erteilen (educate children at home) · fr faire l'école à la maison (educate children at home) · de zu Hause unterrichten (educate children at home) · de Hausunterricht erteilen (educate children at home)