lesson
[ les-uh n ]
/ ˈlɛs ən /
noun
verb (used with object)
to teach; instruct; give a lesson to.
to admonish or reprove.
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practice, task, study, instruction, reading, teaching, test, lecture, education, class, exercise, homework, message, warning, assignment, schooling, recitation, period, drill, quiz
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Origin of lesson
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lesson
/ (ˈlɛsən) /
noun
verb
(tr) rare to censure or punish
Word Origin for lesson
C13: from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, from legere to read
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lesson
early 13c., "a reading aloud from the Bible," also "something to be learned by a student," from Old French leçon, from Latin lectionem (nominative lectio) "a reading," noun of action from past participle stem of legere "to read" (see lecture (n.)). Transferred sense of "an occurrence from which something can be learned" is from 1580s.
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lesson
see learn one's lesson; teach a lesson.
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