lesson

  • 11lesson — ► NOUN 1) a period of learning or teaching. 2) a thing learned. 3) a thing that serves as a warning or encouragement. 4) a passage from the Bible read aloud during a church service. ORIGIN Old French leçon, from Latin legere read …

    English terms dictionary

  • 12Lesson — A lesson is a structured period of time where learning is intended to occur. It involves one or more students (also called pupils or learners in some circumstances) being taught by a teacher or instructor. A lesson may be either one section of a… …

    Wikipedia

  • 13lesson — noun 1 period of teaching or learning ADJECTIVE ▪ good, interesting ▪ boring ▪ individual ▪ private ▪ driving …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 14lesson */*/*/ — UK [ˈles(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms lesson : singular lesson plural lessons 1) a) a period of time in which students are taught about a subject in school. The usual American word is class a French/English/maths/history lesson I d like… …

    English dictionary

  • 15lesson — les|son [ lesn ] noun count *** 1. ) a period of time in which someone is taught a skill: a driving/dancing/swimming lesson She s taking French lessons from a private tutor. a ) MAINLY BRITISH a class in school on a particular subject 2. ) a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16lesson — n. instruction 1) to take lessons (to take lessons in English) 2) to study one s lessons 3) a lesson in something that should be known 4) to learn a lesson 5) to teach smb. a lesson 6) a moral; object lesson 7) a lesson to (let that be a lesson… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17lesson — les|son W3S2 [ˈlesən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(learning a skill)¦ 2¦(in school)¦ 3¦(experience)¦ 4¦(book)¦ 5¦(church)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: leçon, from Latin lectio act of reading , from legere; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18Lesson — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Lesson est un nom de famille et un nom de lieu. En anglais, le mot lesson signifie leçon. Anthroponyme René Primevère Lesson (1794 1849), chirurgien et… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 19lesson — [[t]le̱s(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ lessons 1) N COUNT A lesson is a fixed period of time when people are taught about a particular subject or taught how to do something. It would be his last French lesson for months... Johanna took piano lessons. 2) N COUNT:… …

    English dictionary

  • 20Lesson — René Lesson René Primevère Lesson (* 20. März 1794 in Rochefort; † 28. April 1849 ebda.) war ein französischer Arzt und Naturforscher. Lesson diente in den napoleonischen Kriegen auf verschiedenen französischen Kriegsschiffen als Chirurg. In den… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia