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lesson
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As a verb, lesson means give a lesson to. As a noun, it means a section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
Meanings of lesson
12 meaningsverb
To give a lesson to; to teach.
Older and rare meanings (1)
archaicTo instruct to teach.
noun
A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
“In our school a typical working week consists of around twenty lessons and ten hours of related laboratory work.”
A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
Something learned or to be learned.
“Nature has many lessons to teach to us.”
Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
“I hope this accident taught you a lesson!”
“The accident was a good lesson to me.”
A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.
“Here endeth the first lesson.”
A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
musicAn exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
A unit of instruction
“he took driving lessons”
Punishment intended as a warning to others
“they decided to make an example of him”
Similar: example, deterrent example, object lesson
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).