lesson

Verb

To instruct to teach.

Noun

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. An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛsən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lessoun

In summary

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

Synonyms

class

teaching

task

lecture

moral

precept

homework

warning

⚠️

example

admonition

teach

problem

school

🏫

chapter

assignment

deterrent example

hometask

school work

lection

object lesson

exercise

teachings

instruct

instruction

caution

mandate

mission

notice

occupation

passage

place

practice

practise

precepts

part

reading

rebuke

reduce

reproof

schooling

schoolwork

sermon

situation

subject

test

tuition

tutelage

tutorship

use

moral instruction

Translations

leçon

lección

lição

lezione

Lektion

μάθημα

les

lekcja

lliçó

Unterricht

Lehre

Unterrichtsstunde

ders

auditio

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