[syn: moral, lesson]
4. a task assigned for individual study;
- Example: "he did the lesson for today"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lesson \Les"son\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lessoned (-s'nd); p. pr.
& vb. n. Lessoning.]
To teach; to instruct. --Shak.
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To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad,
Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.
--Byron.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lesson \Les"son\ (l[e^]s"s'n), n. [OE. lessoun, F. le[,c]on
lesson, reading, fr. L. lectio a reading, fr. legere to read,
collect. See Legend, and cf. Lection.]
1. Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or
learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a
pupil to be studied or learned at one time.
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2. That which is learned or taught by an express effort;
instruction derived from precept, experience, observation,
or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a
lesson in drawing." A smooth and pleasing lesson."
--Milton.
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Emprinteth well this lesson in your mind. --Chaucer.
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3. A portion of Scripture read in divine service for
instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
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4. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
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She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
--Sir. P.
Sidney.
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5. (Mus.) An exercise; a composition serving an educational
purpose; a study.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lesson
n 1: a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"
2: punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to
make an example of him" [syn: example, deterrent example,
lesson, object lesson]
3: the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story
is to love thy neighbor" [syn: moral, lesson]
4: a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for
today"