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/lˈɛsən/ Listen

noun

Lesson n.

Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time.

That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing." A smooth and pleasing lesson." "Emprinteth well this lesson in your mind."

A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.

A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning. "She would give her a lesson for walking so late."

(Mus.) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

verb

Lesson v. t. (past & past part. lessoned; pres. part. lessoning) To teach; to instruct. "To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad."

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Etymology of 'Lesson'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lesson" Quotes from Famous Books

... do with that. If ever a man did have a lesson he has had it. If he chose to take it, no man would ever have been saved in so miraculous a manner. But there can be no doubt that John Scarborough and Ada Sneyd were married at Rummelsburg, and that it will be found to be impossible to ...

— Mr. Scarborough's Family • Anthony Trollope

... away—or nearer, by a charming shaded walk along a canal—was an ancient town with a legend—a legend which, as a child, I read in my lesson-book at school, marvelling at the wood-cut above it, in which a ferocious dog was tearing a strange man to pieces, while the king and his courtiers sat by as if they were at the circus. I allude to it chiefly in order to mention the name of one of its promenades, which is the stateliest, beyond ...

— The Galaxy - Vol. 23, No. 1 • Various

... teach him a lesson if you should leave him for a while," Jasper urged. "It is not right that your life ...

— Under Sealed Orders • H. A. Cody

... hope by faith in the cheering and encouraging promises of God. None can be truly happy, none can be the cheer, comfort, and consolation to the world, who are bearing their own burdens. Only those who have learned the sweet lesson of trust in God and know that he cares for them are truly happy and free and capable ...

— How to Live a Holy Life • C. E. Orr

... church gathering where people at once group themselves along the familiar lines and decline to mix, notwithstanding the utmost endeavours of clergy and zealous ladies to bring them together. The thing is an object lesson of wrong method. ...

— Our Lady Saint Mary • J. G. H. Barry

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