lesson
//ˈlɛs.ən//
Forms
- present (v1)
- lesson
- past (v2)
- lessoned
- past participle (v3)
- lessoned
- present participle
- lessoning
- 3rd person singular
- lessons
- Plural
- lessons
Definitions
1.To give a lesson to; to teach.
- I went to sleep during the lesson.
- The first lesson is easy.
1.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.
2.A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
3.Something learned or to be learned.
- Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
4.Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
- The accident was a good lesson to me.
- I hope this accident taught you a lesson!
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1450
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”).
Doublet of lection.