Lesson

//ˈlɛs.ən// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

    "In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work."

  2. 2
    a task assigned for individual study wordnet
  3. 3
    A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
  4. 4
    a unit of instruction wordnet
  5. 5
    Something learned or to be learned.

    "Nature has many lessons to teach to us."

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  1. 6
    the significance of a story or event wordnet
  2. 7
    Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

    "I hope this accident taught you a lesson!"

  3. 8
    punishment intended as a warning to others wordnet
  4. 9
    A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.

    "Here endeth the first lesson."

  5. 10
    A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.

    "She would give her a lesson for walking so late."

  6. 11
    An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
Verb
  1. 1
    To instruct to teach. archaic

    "And you, my sister—you, who lesson me on endurance, your cheek is pale, and your step languid; even with you, how much has life lost its interest!"

  2. 2
    To give a lesson to; to teach.

    "her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee Made her companion, and her lessoned In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lection.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lection.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lection.

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