a lesson

Definition of a lesson in English English dictionary
lesson: A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service
lesson: A learning task assigned to a student; homework
lesson: Something learned or to be learned
I hope this accident taught you a lesson!.
lesson: Something that serves as a warning or encouragement
The accident was a good lesson to me.
lesson: To give a lesson to; to teach
her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee / Made her companion, and her lessoned / In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead.
lesson: {n} a task to learn or read
lesson: {v} to instruct
lesson: To teach; to instruct
lesson: French conjunctions
lesson: An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study
lesson: the content that is to be taught or the activity that is to be done during a specific period of instructional time See Instruction
lesson: punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"
lesson: A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning
lesson: a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for today"
lesson: A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided
lesson: The basic building block of all training The level at which training is designed in detail The lesson is structured to facilitate learning A lesson normally includes telling or showing the soldiers what to do and how to do it, an opportunity for the soldiers to practice, and providing the soldiers feedback concerning their performance A lesson may take the form of an instructor-presented, a small group leader-presented, or a self-paced lesson, such as a correspondence course or CBI lesson
lesson: also the Epistle; any reading from the Bible except the Gospels or Psalms; usually read on the opposite side of the church from where the Gospel is read; in older practice the Lesson was read from the "Epistle Side"--the right side facing the altar, while the Gospel was read from the "Gospel Side"--the left side facing the altar Current practice in many Episcopal churches does not conform to this older pattern
lesson: XE "Lesson" - A unit of measurement within a training program, containing its own three to five objectives
lesson: A training method using a number of instructional techniques designed to ensure the participation of the students in reaching the specified behavioural objectives The instructor is able to ascertain whether material is being assimilated
lesson: 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
lesson: You use lesson to refer to an experience which acts as a warning to you or an example from which you should learn. There's still one lesson to be learned from the crisis -- we all need to better understand the thinking of the other side. If you say that you are going to teach someone a lesson, you mean that you are going to punish them for something that they have done so that they do not do it again
lesson: {f} instruct, teach a lesson; rebuke, scold, reprove
lesson: A unit of learning concerned with a specific skill This term is sometimes interchanged with the terms section or module
lesson: a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons"
lesson: 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
lesson: {i} study session; exercise, assignment given to a student; something to be studied and learned; experience which brings knowledge or wisdom; scolding, rebuke; portion from a sacred text which is read during a religious service
lesson: A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson
lesson: A lesson is a fixed period of time when people are taught about a particular subject or taught how to do something. It would be his last French lesson for months Johanna took piano lessons
lesson: a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons
lesson: A reading from the Bible during a worship service Lessons are usually read by a lay person and are not taken from the Gospel or the Psalms Lessons are usually read from the epistle side of the church building and conclude with the reader saying, "The word of the Lord" or "Here ends the reading "
lesson: the significance of a story or event; "the moral of the story is to love thy neighbor"
lesson: Any block of learning designed around a specific skill It may be made up of a number of modules (Bennett and Clasper)
lesson: unit of instruction, as in: My favorite science lesson was the one about the butterflies
lesson: a task assigned for individual study; "he did the lesson for today" a unit of instruction; "he took driving lessons