lesson
noun
1. a unit of instruction
- he took driving lessons
Definition categories: act, instruction, pedagogy, teaching
2. punishment intended as a warning to others
Similar word(s): example
Definition categories: communication, admonition, monition, warning
3. the significance of a story or event
Similar word(s): moral
Definition categories: communication, import, meaning, significance, signification
4. a task assigned for individual study
- he did the lesson for today
Definition categories: act, schoolwork
Sentences with lesson as a noun:
- In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.
- Nature has many lessons to teach to us.
- I hope this accident taught you a lesson!
- The accident was a good lesson to me.
- Here endeth the first lesson.
verb
1. To give a lesson to; to teach.