noun
- a period of instruction or teaching
- something to be learned or studied
- an experience that teaches something important
verb
- to give instruction to; to teach
Usage: formal
Examples
- The piano lesson lasted an hour.
- She studied her history lesson carefully.
- Today’s lesson covers fractions and decimals.
- His failure taught him a valuable lesson about preparation.
- The accident was a hard lesson in driving safely.
- The teacher lessoned the students in proper grammar.
- We have swimming lessons every Tuesday.
- That mistake was an expensive lesson for the company.