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lesson

Definition

  • noun: an activity that you do in order to learn something
  • noun: a passage from sacred writings read in a service of worship
  • verb: to give a lesson to
  • synonyms: instruct, precept, doctrine

Examples

  • I'm glad they got caught. That will 'teach them a lesson'! [=they will learn that they should not do that again]

  • We 'learned our lesson' the hard way. [=we learned from an unpleasant experience]

  • They studied the 'lessons' [='teachings'] of the great philosophers.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Good afternoon, Amanda.\NGood afternoon. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Welcome to your first flying lesson. Dialogue: Marked=..,Default,NTP,!Effect,Well, what are you waiting for?\NEveryone step up to the left side of their broomstick. (..)
    2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone