lesson
lesson definition
les·son (les′ən)
noun
- something to be learned; specif.,
- an exercise or assignment that a student is to prepare or learn within a given time; unit of instruction
- the instruction given during one class or instruction period
- something that needs to be learned (or the event through which it is learned) for the sake of one's safety, well-being, etc.
- course of instruction music lessons
- a selection, as of Scripture, forming part of a religious service; lection
- a rebuke; reproof
Etymology: ME lessoun < OFr leçon < L lectio, a reading, hence text, lesson < pp. of legere, to read: see logic
transitive verb
- to give a lesson to
- to rebuke; reprove
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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