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lesson

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les⋅son

  [les-uhn]
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–noun
1. a section into which a course of study is divided, esp. a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons.
2. a part of a book, an exercise, etc., that is assigned to a student for study: The lesson for today is on page 22. He worked assiduously at his music lesson.
3. something to be learned or studied: the lessons of the past.
4. a useful piece of practical wisdom acquired by experience or study: That accident certainly taught him a lesson in careful driving.
5. something from which a person learns or should learn; an instructive example: Her faith should serve as a lesson to all of us.
6. a reproof or punishment intended to teach one better ways.
7. a portion of Scripture or other sacred writing read or appointed to be read at a divine service; lection; pericope.
–verb (used with object)
8. to teach; instruct; give a lesson to.
9. to admonish or reprove.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME lesso(u)n < OF leçon < L lēctiōn- (s. of lēctiō) lection
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les·son   (lěs'ən)   
n.  

  1. Something to be learned: lessons from observing nature.

    1. A period of instruction; a class.

    2. An assignment or exercise in which something is to be learned.

    3. The act or an instance of instructing; teaching.

    4. An experience, example, or observation that imparts beneficial new knowledge or wisdom.

    5. The knowledge or wisdom so acquired.

    1. An experience, example, or observation that imparts beneficial new knowledge or wisdom.

    2. The knowledge or wisdom so acquired.

  4. A rebuke or reprimand.

  5. often Lesson A reading from the Bible or other sacred text as part of a religious service.

tr.v.   les·soned, les·son·ing, les·sons

  1. To teach a lesson to; instruct.

  2. To rebuke or reprimand.


[Middle English lessoun, from Old French leson, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōn-, a reading, from lēctus, past participle of legere, to read; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

lesson 
c.1225, "a reading aloud from the Bible," also "something to be learned by a student," from O.Fr. leçon, from L. lectionem (nom. lectio) "a reading," from lectus, pp. of legere "to read" (see lecture). Transf. sense of "an occurrence from which something can be learned" is from 1586.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

lesson

see learn one's lesson; teach a lesson.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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