lesson
nounEtymology From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lection.
7 senses
- 1A section of learning or teaching into which a wider…
- 2A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
- 3Something learned or to be learned.
- 4Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
- 5A section of the Bible or other religious text read as…
- 6A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
- 7An exercise; a composition serving an educational…
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
A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
3
Something learned or to be learned.
- Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
4
Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
- I hope this accident taught you a lesson!
- The accident was a good lesson to me.
5
A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.
- Here endeth the first lesson.
6
A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
- She would give her a lesson for walking so late.a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
7
Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
- Derived terms
- double lesson, e-lesson, epistle lesson, learn one's lesson, lessoner, lesson horse, lesson plan, lessons learned, life lesson, life's lesson, lime lesson, microlesson, minilesson, object lesson, teach someone a lesson