lesson

About 17.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To instruct to teach.
2. noun 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.

3. noun A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
4. noun Something learned or to be learned.

   Nature has many lessons to teach to us.

5. noun Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

   I hope this accident taught you a lesson!

6. noun A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.

   Here endeth the first lesson.

7. noun A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
8. noun An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

Similar words

object lesson example moral deterrent example instruction learning education learn learned schooling

Often followed by

of in to is that for from plans on

Word family

lessoned lessoning lessons