Definition of Lesson
Lesson
les·son
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
a period of teaching or learning during a course of instruction, the amount of material taught or learned in such a time;
e.g. She attended her first piano lesson when she was five years old.
(noun)
something that is studied or learned by a student in a course of instruction, or something that is taught to students;
e.g. The professor prepared the lesson that he would give the next day.
(noun)
broadly, something that is learned, especially knowledge gained through some experience;
e.g. This incident gave me a lesson in patience, since it taught me the importance of taking one's time.
(noun)
an occurrence that serves to teach something, especially an example that serves as a warning or punishment to someone;
e.g. He wanted to teach them a lesson that rudeness would not be accepted.
(noun)
a passage taken from a religious text and read out during a worship service;
e.g. He led them in the lesson for that morning's service.
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"The world is what YOU think of it, so think of it DIFFERENTLY and your life will change." -- Paul Arden
"When you lose, don't lose the lesson." -- Dalai Lama
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