Lesson - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlesn|  American pronunciation of the word lesson
Brit.  |ˈles(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word lesson

noun

- a unit of instruction
he took driving lessons
- punishment intended as a warning to others (syn: example)
- the significance of a story or event (syn: moral)
- a task assigned for individual study
he did the lesson for today

Extra examples

You can't go out to play until you've finished your lessons.

The book is divided into 12 lessons.

She took piano lessons for years.

I've learned my lesson—I'll never do that again!

Let that be a lesson to you—if you don't take better care of your toys they'll get broken!

...would tirelessly lesson the children in proper manners...

We can learn / draw important lesson from this disaster.

She's started taking driving lessons.

Lessons start at 9 o'clock.

I've got a double maths lesson next.

Andrew gives private lessons in Spanish.

There were important lessons to be learned from these discoveries.

The government has failed to learn the lessons of history.

The men's courage and faith is a lesson to us all.

Now let that be a lesson to you all (=be careful to avoid having the same bad experience again).

Word forms

noun
singular: lesson
plural: lessons
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