Sekirov Dictionary

lesson

/ˈlɛs.ən/

noun 7
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun7

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a short part of a course of study, taught or learned at one time
- In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.
•
Something learned or to be learned.
- Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
•
Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
- I hope this accident taught you a lesson!
- The accident was a good lesson to me.
A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
•
A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
- She would give her a lesson for walking so late. — 1587
•
A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.
- Here endeth the first lesson.

verb2

•
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. — 1590
•
(no longer used) To instruct to teach.
- 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! — 1834

forms

lessoned · lessoning · lessons

Phrases with lesson

teach someone a lesson
To punish someone for a serious transgression they have committed so that they do not commit it again.

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