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

  • (..) the vision changes. Okay, so the course that the tracker's on now is gonna lead him to a ballet studio? - You've been here? - I took lessons as a kid. The school I went to had an arch just like that. Was your school here in Phoenix? - Edward, are you okay? - We've lost the tracker. (..)
    2008 Twilight