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   Les·son

   /ˈlesən/

   

   noun

   • 1. an amount of teaching given at one time; a period of learning or teaching: "an advanced lesson in math" Similar classsessionseminartutoriallectureperiodperiod of instructionperiod of teachingperiod of coachingperiod of tutoringperiod of schoolingexerciseassignmentschool taskdrillschool workhomework
   • ▪ a thing learned or to be learned by a student: "he had a facility for languages and had learned his lessons well"
   • ▪ a thing learned by experience: "the tragedy is a lesson in disappointment" Similar knowledgewisdomenlightenmentexperiencetruths
   • ▪ an occurrence, example, or punishment that serves or should serve to warn or encourage: "let that be a lesson to you!" Similar warningdeterrentcautionexampleexemplarmessagemoralprecept
   • 2. a passage from the Bible read aloud during a church service, especially either of two readings at morning and evening prayer in the Anglican Church: "he went up to read the first lesson" Similar Bible readingBible passagescripturetextreading

   verb

   • 1. instruct or teach (someone): archaic "Metaneone had beforehand lessoned him what he should say"
   • ▪ admonish or rebuke (someone): archaic "Oedipus has been lessoned to humility before the throne of Zeus"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French leçon, from Latin lectio (see lection).

   Scrabble Points: 6

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