lesson

Pronunciation: /ˈlɛs.ən/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a unit of instruction
  2. noun punishment intended as a warning to others
  3. noun the significance of a story or event

Etymology

From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lection.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
teaching
Narrower (hyponyms)
golf lesson, language lesson, music lesson, tennis lesson, dance lesson

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