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homeschooling

homeschooling noun: teaching children at home instead of sending them to school. Also the present participle and gerund of homeschool.

Noun

homeschooling (uncountable)

  1. Teaching children at home instead of sending them to school.
    • A German family that claims it will be persecuted for homeschooling if sent back, lost its asylum request Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court and could be deported.2014 March 3, Bill Mears, “Homeschooling family loses asylum appeal”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    home education

Also used as

homeschooling is also the present participle and gerund of homeschool.

homeschooling meaning in Indonesian

homeschooling in Indonesian

teaching children at home
sekolahrumah

Synonyms of homeschooling

Forms of homeschooling

alternative formhome schooling
alternative formhome-schooling

Origin of homeschooling

Compound of home + schooling.

From homeschool + -ing.

Questions about homeschooling

What does homeschooling mean?
Homeschooling means teaching children at home instead of sending them to school.
What is homeschooling in Indonesian?
Homeschooling in Indonesian is sekolahrumah. See Homeschooling meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is homeschooling?
Homeschooling is a noun.

Words near homeschooling in the dictionary

  1. homescedasticity
  2. homeschool
  3. homeschooled
  4. homeschooler
  5. homeschoolers
  6. homeschooling
  7. homeschools
  8. homescreen
  9. homescreens
  10. homeseeker
  11. homeseekers

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