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  • 1lesson — ► NOUN 1) a period of learning or teaching. 2) a thing learned. 3) a thing that serves as a warning or encouragement. 4) a passage from the Bible read aloud during a church service. ORIGIN Old French leçon, from Latin legere read …

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  • 2Lesson — A lesson is a structured period of time where learning is intended to occur. It involves one or more students (also called pupils or learners in some circumstances) being taught by a teacher or instructor. A lesson may be either one section of a… …

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  • 3lesson — les|son W3S2 [ˈlesən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(learning a skill)¦ 2¦(in school)¦ 3¦(experience)¦ 4¦(book)¦ 5¦(church)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: leçon, from Latin lectio act of reading , from legere; …

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  • 4lesson — /ˈlɛsən / (say lesuhn) noun 1. something to be learned or studied. 2. a part of a book or the like assigned to a pupil for study: the lesson for today is on page 22. 3. a length of time during which a pupil or class studies one subject. 4. a… …

  • 5lesson — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French leçon, from Late Latin lection , lectio, from Latin, act of reading, from legere to read more at legend Date: 13th century 1. a passage from sacred writings read in a service of worship 2. a. a …

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  • 6lesson — [13] Etymologically, a lesson is ‘something read’ – as indeed the lesson read in church still is. The word comes via Old French lecon from Latin lectiō ‘reading’, a derivative of the verb legere ‘read’ (from which English gets lectern, lecture,… …

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  • 7lesson — [13] Etymologically, a lesson is ‘something read’ – as indeed the lesson read in church still is. The word comes via Old French lecon from Latin lectiō ‘reading’, a derivative of the verb legere ‘read’ (from which English gets lectern, lecture,… …

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  • 8National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities — (NALACC) NALACC logo Formation 2004 Headquarters Chicago, Illinois …

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  • 9Rosetta Stone (software) — Rosetta Stone Arabic language edition of Rosetta Stone Original author(s) …

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  • 10document — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, precept, teaching, from Anglo French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin documentum official paper, from Latin, lesson, proof, from docēre to teach more at docile Date: 15th century 1. a. archaic proof,… …

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