lesson

English Online Dictionary. What means lesson‎? What does lesson mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“I read, I gather”). Doublet of lection.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛsən/, [ˈlɛsn̩]
• Homophone: lessen
• Hyphenation: les‧son
• Rhymes: -ɛsən

Verb

lesson (third-person singular simple present lessons, present participle lessoning, simple past and past participle lessoned)

1. (archaic) To instruct to teach.

Noun

lesson (plural lessons)

1. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

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

4. Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

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

6. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
7. (music) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

Synonyms

• lear
• (religious reading): lection

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Verb

lesson (third-person singular simple present lessons, present participle lessoning, simple past and past participle lessoned)

1. To give a lesson to; to teach.

Translations

See also

• lesson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lesson in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Elsons, Slones, no less, nosels, nosles, solens

Middle English

Noun

lesson

1. Alternative form of lessoun