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

  • (..) They're in her phone. - Just forget all that, please. - Excuse me. Hi. Forget it. - I need to find Friendship Island. - Look at this. years of piano lessons. Yeah. It looks pretty faded. You know what. Save Chopsticks and Heart and Soul, get rid of the rest. - Are you. (..)
    2015 Inside Out