lesson

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A period of time in which a teacher teaches a subject or skill to students.

   We have three English lessons every week.

2. 2
   noun

   A set of classes you take to learn a particular skill.

   She is taking piano lessons after school.

3. 3
   noun

   Something useful that you learn from an experience.

   Failing the test taught me an important lesson about preparation.

4. 4
   noun

   An experience, especially a bad one, that warns you not to do something again.

   I hope this accident has taught you a lesson!

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

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