Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mark one's own homework

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: mark one's own home-work
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To assume the role of evaluating one's doings when a disinterested party is required.

British usage

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mark, one's, own, homework.

Example Sentences

"Aware that his organisation was to be found guilty on at least four charges, he had tried to mark his own homework by submitting a 500-page dossier to the EC attempting to rebut its conclusions before they were even published."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

marks one's own homework (present, singular) marking one's own homework (participle, present) marked one's own homework (participle, past) marked one's own homework (past)

Questions

What does mark one's own homework mean?: To assume the role of evaluating one's doings when a disinterested party is required.

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