lessonnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈles.ən/us/ˈles.ən/A1 a period of time in which a person is taught about a subject or how to do something:
How can we make science lessons more interesting?
She has never had/taken any acting lessons.
He gives French lessons.
B2 an experience that teaches you how to behave better in a similar situation in the future:
There is a lesson for all parents in this tragic accident.
My parents made me pay back all the money and it was a lesson I never forgot.
We can learn important lessons (= gain new understanding) from this disaster.
More examples
- She's arranged for her son to have swimming lessons.
- I'm going to karate lessons to learn how to defend myself.
- In today's lesson we're going to look at punctuation.
- It's always been my dream to have flying lessons.
- The first lesson on the timetable for Monday morning is history.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Classes & courses
- access course
- advanced
- classwork
- correspondence course
- coursework
- extension
- foundation course
- homework
- interdisciplinary
- introduction
- introductory course
- lecture
- module
- practical
- reception
- role play
- sandwich course
- schoolwork
- seminar
- summer school
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