lesson
21lesson — / lesFn/ noun (C) 1 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 | take lessons: She s started taking driving lessons. (+ on/in):… …
22lesson — /les euhn/, n. 1. a section into which a course of study is divided, esp. a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons. 2. a part of a book, an exercise, etc., that is assigned to a… …
23lesson — /ˈlɛsən / (say lesuhn) noun 1. something to be learned or studied. 2. a part of a book or the like assigned to a pupil for study: the lesson for today is on page 22. 3. a length of time during which a pupil or class studies one subject. 4. a… …
24lesson — noun 1) a math lesson Syn: class, session, seminar, tutorial, lecture, period, period of instruction/teaching 2) (lessons) they should be industrious at their lessons Syn: exercises …
25lesson*/*/*/ — [ˈles(ə)n] noun [C] 1) British a period of time in which students are taught about a subject in school Syn: class a French/English/maths/history lesson[/ex] 2) a period of time in which someone is taught a skill a driving/dancing/swimming… …
26lesson — n. & v. n. 1 a an amount of teaching given at one time. b the time assigned to this. 2 (in pl.; foll. by in) systematic instruction (gives lessons in dancing; took lessons in French). 3 a thing learnt or to be learnt by a pupil. 4 a an occurrence …
27lesson — Synonyms and related words: admonish, admonishment, admonition, alarm, assignment, call down, castigation, caution, caveat, chalk talk, chastening, chastisement, chide, chiding, class, correction, deterrent, deterrent example, discouragement,… …
28lesson — [13] Etymologically, a lesson is ‘something read’ – as indeed the lesson read in church still is. The word comes via Old French lecon from Latin lectiō ‘reading’, a derivative of the verb legere ‘read’ (from which English gets lectern, lecture,… …
29lesson — noun 1) a maths lesson Syn: class, session, seminar, tutorial, lecture, period 2) Stuart s accident should be a lesson to all parents Syn: warning, deterrent, caution, example, mess …
30lesson — les•son [[t]ˈlɛs ən[/t]] n. 1) a section into which a course of study is divided, esp. a single, continuous session of instruction: to take driving lessons[/ex] 2) a unit of a book, an exercise, etc., that is assigned to a student for study 3)… …
