| lesson | |
| 1. n. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. | |
| In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work. | |
| 2. n. A learning task assigned to a student; homework. | |
| 3. n. Something learned or to be learned. | |
| Nature has many lessons to teach to us. | |
| 4. n. Something that serves as a warning or encouragement. | |
| I hope this accident taught you a lesson! | |
| The accident was a good lesson to me. | |
| 5. n. A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service. | |
| Here endeth the first lesson. | |
| 6. n. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning. | |
| 7. n. (music) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study. | |
| 8. v. To give a lesson to; to teach. | |
