Complete Definition of "lesson"

English

Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun

  1. 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.

  1. A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
  2. Something learned or to be learned.

#*The nature has many lessons to teach to us.
#*I hope this accident thought you a lesson!

  1. Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.

#*The accident was a good lesson to me.

  1. A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.

Translations
trans-top|a section of learning or teaching
Finnish: oppitunti, luento
French: leçon
Greek: μάθημα (máthima) n
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Kurdish: KUchar|د��رس
Jèrriais: léçon f
Vietnamese: bài
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trans-top|a learning task assigned to a student
Finnish: läksy, kotitehtävä
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Kurdish: KUchar|د��رس
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trans-top|something learned
Finnish: opetus
Greek: δίδαγμα (dídaghma) n
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Kurdish: KUchar|د��رس
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trans-top|something that serves as a warning or encouragement
Finnish: läksy, opetus
Greek: μάθημα (máthima) n
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Kurdish: KUchar|د��رس
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trans-top|a section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
Finnish: päivä|päivän Sana
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ttbc|German: Lektion f
ttbc|Irish: ceacht
ttbc|Swedish: lektion (1,2), läxa (2,3)
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ttbc|Spanish: lección
ttbc|Ukrainian: виклад (wyklad) m
ttbc|Welsh: gwers
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Derived terms
object lesson

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