lesson
lesson Lexical Profile
lesson Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A period of learning or teaching, or a specific amount of instruction given at one time.
"She takes a forty-five-minute piano lesson every Tuesday afternoon."
An experience, event, or example that serves to warn, instruct, or impart moral wisdom.
"The sudden collapse of the company served as a sobering lesson in financial risk management."
A passage from the Bible or another sacred text read aloud during a religious service.
"The congregation listened attentively as the lay reader delivered the first lesson from Isaiah."
• verb
To instruct, teach, or admonish someone (now rare or literary).
"Harsh experience had thoroughly lessoned him in the value of patience and restraint."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse the noun "lesson" (something taught or learned) with the homophone verb "lessen" (to make or become less).
• Rhymes for lesson
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English "lessoun", borrowed from Old French "lecon", which derives from Latin "lectio" ("a reading"), a noun of action from the verb "legere" ("to read").