Lesson Definition

lĕsən
lessons
noun
lessons
Something to be learned.
Webster's New World
A period of instruction; a class.
American Heritage
An assignment or exercise in which something is to be learned.
American Heritage
A rebuke; reproof.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of instructing; teaching.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
lessons
To give a lesson to.
Webster's New World
To rebuke; reprove.
Webster's New World

To give a lesson to; to teach.

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Other Word Forms of Lesson

Noun

Singular:
lesson
Plural:
lessons

Origin of Lesson

  • Middle English lessoun from Old French leson from Latin lēctiō lēctiōn- a reading from lēctus past participle of legere to read leg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French leçon, from Latin lÄ“ctiō (“a reading"), from legō (“I read, I gather").

    From Wiktionary

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