lesson
A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
Example
“In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.”
Other meanings
A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
Something learned or to be learned.
“Nature has many lessons to teach to us.”
Related words
- lessoner
- microlesson
- minilesson
- double lesson
- life lesson
- e-lesson
- epistle lesson
- learn one's lesson
- lesson plan
- lessons learned
- life's lesson
- object lesson
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "lēctiō" (lēctiō, lēctiōnem).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lesson” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.