lesson

lesson
les|son
W3S2 [ˈlesən] n
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1¦(learning a skill)¦
2¦(in school)¦
3¦(experience)¦
4¦(book)¦
5¦(church)¦
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[Date: 1100-1200; : Old French; Origin: leçon, from Latin lectio 'act of reading', from legere; LEGEND]
1.) ¦(LEARNING A SKILL)¦
a period of time in which someone is taught a particular skill, for example how to play a musical instrument or drive a car
▪ piano lessons
have/take lessons
▪ She's started taking driving lessons.
lesson in/on
▪ lessons in First Aid
▪ lessons in road safety
2.) ¦(IN SCHOOL)¦
BrE a period of time in which school students are taught a particular subject
American Equivalent: class
▪ Lessons start at 9 o'clock.
French/physics/art etc lesson
▪ I've got a double maths lesson next.
lesson in/on
▪ Andrew gives private lessons in Spanish.
3.) ¦(EXPERIENCE)¦
something that provides experience or information that you can learn from and use
learn a lesson
(=gain useful experience or information)
▪ There were important lessons to be learned from these discoveries.
▪ The government has failed to learn the lessons of history .
lesson to
▪ The men's courage and faith is a lesson to us all.
▪ Now let that be a lesson to you all (=be careful to avoid having the same bad experience again) .
▪ Her fate should be a salutary lesson (=one that teaches or warns you about something) .
4.) ¦(BOOK)¦
a part of a book that is used for learning a particular subject, especially in school
▪ Turn to lesson 25.
5.) ¦(CHURCH)¦
a short piece that is read from the Bible during a religious ceremony
→sb has learned their lesson at ↑learn
→teach sb a lesson at ↑teach

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • Lesson — Les son (l[e^]s s n), n. [OE. lessoun, F. le[,c]on lesson, reading, fr. L. lectio a reading, fr. legere to read, collect. See {Legend}, and cf. {Lection}.] 1. Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lesson — [les′ən] n. [ME lessoun < OFr leçon < L lectio, a reading, hence text, lesson < pp. of legere, to read: see LOGIC] 1. something to be learned; specif., a) an exercise or assignment that a student is to prepare or learn within a given… …   English World dictionary

  • Lesson — Les son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lessoned} ( s nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lessoning}.] To teach; to instruct. Shak. [1913 Webster] To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad. Byron. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lesson XX — Género Drama, Romance, Yaoi, Shōjo Estudio Daiei Co. Ltd Lanzamiento 1995 …   Wikipedia Español

  • lesson — [n1] information taught assignment, chalk talk*, class, coaching, drill, education, exercise, homework, instruction, lecture, period, practice, quiz, reading, recitation, schooling, study, task, teaching, test, tutoring; concepts 274,285,287… …   New thesaurus

  • Lesson — (spr. óng), René Primevère, Naturforscher, geb. 20. März 1794 in Rochefort, gest. daselbst 28. April 1849, begleitete 1822–25 den Kapitän Duperrey auf seiner Weltreise auf der Korvette La Coquille und wurde dann Professor der Botanik in Rochefort …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • lesson — index caveat, correction (punishment), guidance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lesson — ● lesson Mot anglais signifiant leçon et désignant en Angleterre, aux XVIIe et XVIIIe s., une suite ou sonate pour un ou plusieurs instruments. (J. Dowland, T. Morley, H. Purcell et G. F. Händel sont les principaux auteurs de lessons.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • lesson — (n.) early 13c., 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, noun of action from pp. stem of legere to read (see LECTURE (Cf. lecture) (n.)). Transferred… …   Etymology dictionary

  • lesson — (izg. lèsn) m DEFINICIJA 1. glazb. pov. instrumentalno djelo, posebno kompozicije za orgulje (u Engleskoj u 17. i 18. st.) 2. čitanje odlomaka iz svetih knjiga za vrijeme službe u crkvi ETIMOLOGIJA engl …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • lesson — ► NOUN 1) a period of learning or teaching. 2) a thing learned. 3) a thing that serves as a warning or encouragement. 4) a passage from the Bible read aloud during a church service. ORIGIN Old French leçon, from Latin legere read …   English terms dictionary

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