See Also: lesson(1)(dictionary)
lesson(2)(dictionary)
lesson(dictionary)

lesson (oh)



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1 ?learning a skill?
2 ?in school?
3 ?experience?
4 ?book?
5 ?church?
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[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: le?on, from Latin lectio 'act of reading', from legere; LEGEND]
?LEARNING A SKILL?
a period of time in which someone is taught a particular skill, for example how to play a musical instrument or drive a car
::piano lessons
have/take lessons
::She's started taking driving lessons.
lesson in/on
::lessons in First Aid
::lessons in road safety
?IN SCHOOL?
BrE a period of time in which school students are taught a particular subject
American Equivalent: class
::Lessons start at 9 o'clock.
French/physics/art etc lesson
::I've got a double maths lesson next.
lesson in/on
::Andrew gives private lessons in Spanish.
?EXPERIENCE?
something that provides experience or information that you can learn from and use
learn a lesson
(=gain useful experience or information)
::There were important lessons to be learned from these discoveries.
::The government has failed to learn the lessons of history .
lesson to
::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) .
::Her fate should be a salutary lesson (=one that teaches or warns you about something) .
?BOOK?
a part of a book that is used for learning a particular subject, especially in school
::Turn to lesson 25.
?CHURCH?
a short piece that is read from the Bible during a religious ceremony
-see also sb has learned their lesson at learn (5)
-see also teach sb a lesson at teach (6)