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  • 1Lesson — Les son (l[e^]s s n), n. [OE. lessoun, F. le[,c]on lesson, reading, fr. L. lectio a reading, fr. legere to read, collect. See {Legend}, and cf. {Lection}.] 1. Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of …

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  • 2lesson — [les′ən] n. [ME lessoun < OFr leçon < L lectio, a reading, hence text, lesson < pp. of legere, to read: see LOGIC] 1. something to be learned; specif., a) an exercise or assignment that a student is to prepare or learn within a given… …

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  • 3give a lesson — index exposit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4Lesson of the widow's mite — The Lesson (or Parable) of the widow s mite is a story present in the Synoptic Gospels (), in which Jesus is teaching at the Temple in Jerusalem. The Gospel of Mark specifies that a mite was worth less than a quadrans , the smallest Roman coin,… …

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  • 5lesson — noun 1 period of teaching or learning ADJECTIVE ▪ good, interesting ▪ boring ▪ individual ▪ private ▪ driving …

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  • 6lesson — /les euhn/, n. 1. a section into which a course of study is divided, esp. a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons. 2. a part of a book, an exercise, etc., that is assigned to a… …

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  • 7give — verb Give is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑authority, ↑benefactor, ↑chart, ↑council, ↑donor, ↑index, ↑jury, ↑move, ↑nature, ↑recording, ↑religion, ↑ …

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  • 8lesson — 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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  • 9lesson — 1. noun /ˈlɛs(ə)n/ a) 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. b) A learning task assigned… …

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  • 10give a lesson — teach, instruct (in an informal or organized setting) …

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