Lesson
['les(ə)n] or ['lɛsn]
Definition
(noun.) a task assigned for individual study; 'he did the lesson for today'.
(noun.) a unit of instruction; 'he took driving lessons'.
Checked by Bianca--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time.
(n.) That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing.
(n.) A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
(n.) A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
(n.) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
(v. t.) To teach; to instruct.
Edited by Edith
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Exercise (of a learner), task.[2]. Instruction, precept.[3]. Reproof, rebuke, lecture, formal censure.
Editor: Pratt
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Precept, warning, instruction, lecture, homily, information
ANT:misinstruction, misguidance, misinformation
Checked by Angelique
Definition
n. a portion of Scripture appointed to be read in divine service: that which a pupil learns at a time: a precept or doctrine inculcated: instruction derived from experience: severe lecture.—v.t. to give a lesson to.
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Examples
- The time allotted to a lesson having fully elapsed, there was a general putting on of bonnets. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He gave me a lesson: I diligently imitated. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- So they did, but their mistake was in ceasing to do well, and they learned this lesson through much anxiety and regret. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Begging your pardon, ma'am, it wasn't a billiard saloon, but a gymnasium, and I was taking a lesson in fencing. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This lesson, she very much feared, they would receive only from herself; she had little hope of Mr. Knightley, none of Mr. Weston. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The triumphs of Greek abstract thought teach the lesson that p ractical men should pay homage to speculation even when they fail to comprehend a fraction of it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Where could we turn, and not find a desolation pregnant with the dire lesson of example? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- If she had seen the brown eyes then, she would have stopped short, but she never looked up, and the lesson was not spoiled for her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Now, Lina, I've had my lesson both in languages and ethics, with a touch on politics; it is your turn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Mrs. Rushworth was gone to repeat her lesson to Mr. Crawford; and Edmund, Fanny, and Miss Crawford remained in a cluster together. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Henry, get your books; it is lesson-time, said Moore, sitting down to his desk. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At school when the teacher asked us whether we had studied the lesson, the invariable answer was Yes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Brown kindly undertook to give my aunt Martha her first lesson, which created much merriment. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To this they only replied with a smile of contempt, saying, that the farmer had instructed me very well in my lesson. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- It would be a good lesson for him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- No, I've done my lessons for the day. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I took four lessons, and then I stuck fast in a grammatical bog. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Amy was fretting because her lessons were not learned, and she couldn't find her rubbers. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But now my mother, or, if you will, my mother's lessons, awaken within me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But if you went, I should persuade Mr. Thornton to let me give him double lessons. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I assure you he is very detestable; the Admiral's lessons have quite spoiled him. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But if they are to be courageous, must they not learn other lessons besides these, and lessons of such a kind as will take away the fear of death? Plato. The Republic.
- It had been tried, but she suffered so much that it was given up, and she did her lessons at home with her father. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is time for lessons. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I asked, Does he give lessons in deportment now? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It's a pity now, Joe, said I, that you did not get on a little more, when we had our lessons here; isn't it? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I have endeavoured to brave the storm--I have endeavoured to school myself to fortitude--I have sought to imbue myself with the lessons of wisdom. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In the meantime, I learnt lessons at home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- What quiet lessons I had about this time! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She has in the course of her lessons gone through much of Corneille and Racine, in a very steady, sober spirit, such as I approve. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Sharon