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lesson
has definitions from the fields of education,work
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[ noun ] (work,education) a unit of instruction
Examples "he took driving lessons" Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)He had been at lessons in the schoolhouse since they returned from Harpers_Ferry . Related terms teaching language_lesson dance_lesson music_lesson tennis_lesson golf_lesson course |
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[ noun ] punishment intended as a warning to others
Synonyms Examples "they decided to make an example of him" Used in print (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)`` We have taught him a lesson '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the significance of a story or event
Synonyms Examples "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Perhaps the lesson we should take from these pages is that the welfare_state in England still allows wild scope for all kinds of rugged eccentrics . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)American audiences in particular learned two valuable lessons . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (education) a task assigned for individual study
Examples "he did the lesson for today" Used in print (Francis Pollini, Night....)* * h Automatically , Finnegan started going_over today 's lesson * * h Capitalism rots from the core . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Macneff smiled and said , `` I am glad that your scriptural lessons have left such an impression '' . I still bear scars on my back where Pornsen , my gapt , whipped me because I had not learned my lessons well enough . Related terms school_assignment exercise reading_assignment recitation history_lesson education |
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