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Webster 1913 Edition
Lesson
Les′son
(lĕs′s’n)
, Noun.
1.
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.
2.
That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine;
“ A smooth and pleasing lesson.” as, to take or give a
.lesson
in drawingMilton.
Emprinteth well this
lesson
in your mind. Chaucer.
3.
A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction;
as, here endeth the first
. lesson
4.
A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
She would give her a
lesson
for walking so late. Sir. P. Sidney.
5.
(Mus.)
An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
Les′son
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lessoned
(-s’nd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lessoning
.] To teach; to instruct.
Shak.
To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad,
Doth
Doth
lesson
happier men, and shame at least the bad. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lesson
LES'SON
,Noun.
1.
Any thing read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner for improvement; or such a portion of a book as a pupil learns and repeats at one time. The instructor is pleased when his pupils recite their lessons with accuracy and promptness.2.
A portion of Scripture read in divine service. Thus endeth the first lesson.3.
A portion of a book or manuscript assigned by a preceptor to a pupil to be learnt, or for an exercise; something to be learnt. Give him his lesson.4.
Precept; doctrine or notion inculcated.Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
5.
Severe lecture; reproof; rebuke.She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
6.
Tune written for an instrument.7.
Instruction or truth, taught by experience. The lessons which sickness imparts, she leaves to be practiced when health is established.LES'SON
,Verb.
T.
Children should be lessoned into a contempt and detestation of this vice.
Definition 2024
lesson
lesson
English
Noun
lesson (plural lessons)
- 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.
- A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
- Something learned or to be learned.
- Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
- Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
- I hope this accident taught you a lesson!
- The accident was a good lesson to me.
- A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.
- Here endeth the first lesson.
- A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
- She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 8, in The Celebrity:
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
- (music) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- object lesson
- private lessons
Related terms
Translations
section of learning or teaching
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learning task assigned to a student
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something learned
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something that serves as a warning or encouragement
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section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
Verb
lesson (third-person singular simple present lessons, present participle lessoning, simple past and past participle lessoned)
- To give a lesson to; to teach.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi:
- her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee / Made her companion, and her lessoned / In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead.
- Byron
- To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, / Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vi:
Translations
to give a lesson; to teach
See also
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lesson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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lesson in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.