lesson

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   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!
2. 2

   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.
3. 3

   A learning task assigned to a student

   A learning task assigned to a student; homework.

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   1. 4

      Something learned or to be learned.

      • Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
   2. 5

      Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

      • I hope this accident taught you a lesson!
      • The accident was a good lesson to me.
   3. 6

      A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.

      • Here endeth the first lesson.
   4. 7

      A severe lecture

      A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.

      • She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
   5. 8

      An exercise

      An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

   6. 9

      To give a lesson to

      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.
      • To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.

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