"worksheet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: worksheets [plural]
Etymology: From work + sheet. Etymology templates: {{af|en|work|sheet}} work + sheet Head templates: {{en-noun}} worksheet (plural worksheets)
  1. A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and answers recorded. Translations (sheet on which problems are worked out): 工作表 (gōngzuòbiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), tehtäväpaperi (Finnish), tehtävämoniste (english: paper) (Finnish), tehtäväsivu (english: on computer) (Finnish), Arbeitsblatt [neuter] (German), munkalap (Hungarian), lembar kerja (Indonesian), kertas kerja (Indonesian), bileog oibre [feminine] (Irish), bileog shaothair [feminine] (Irish), lembaran kerja (Malay), raumahi (Maori), ตารางทำการ (Thai)
    Sense id: en-worksheet-en-noun-8fcoFcXZ Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of 'sheet on which problems are worked out': 79 21
  2. A sheet of paper listing work done, to be done or in progress.
    Sense id: en-worksheet-en-noun-7WjUnMxX Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 37 37 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wkst, wksht [abbreviation]

Verb

Forms: worksheets [present, singular, third-person], worksheeting [participle, present], worksheeted [participle, past], worksheeted [past]
Etymology: From work + sheet. Etymology templates: {{af|en|work|sheet}} work + sheet Head templates: {{en-verb}} worksheet (third-person singular simple present worksheets, present participle worksheeting, simple past and past participle worksheeted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To teach or assess by means of worksheets. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-worksheet-en-verb-eQXURBvX Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 37 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 35 29 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 37 37 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wkst, wksht [abbreviation]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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