homeschool

verb

home·​school ˈhōm-ˌskül How to pronounce homeschool (audio)
homeschooled; homeschooling; homeschools

intransitive verb

: to teach school subjects to one's children at home

transitive verb

: to teach (one's children) at home

Examples of homeschool in a Sentence

They homeschooled both their children. Parents who homeschool are meeting on Thursday.
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Husband-and-wife co-owners Jasmin and Garrett Sanders posted about the closure online to their 2,500 Facebook followers, sharing plans for Garrett to return to his previous career as a financial adviser while Jasmin homeschools their children. Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025 Savannah, who homeschools their children, described the effect of her husband's detention as devastating. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025 Diane Connors, president of the Connecticut Homeschool Network, said many parents make sacrifices to homeschool their children because of public dissatisfaction. Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025 The Illinois House of Representatives is considering a bill that would impose new, burdensome regulations on parents who homeschool their children. James R. Mason, National Review, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for homeschool

Word History

First Known Use

1980, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of homeschool was in 1980

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“Homeschool.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeschool. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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homeschool

verb
home·​school ˈhōm-ˌskül How to pronounce homeschool (audio)
: to teach school subjects to one's children at home

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