1a period of learning or teaching:an advanced lesson in mathsa driving lesson
a thing learned or to be learned by a pupil:he had a facility for languages and had learned his lessons well
a thing learned by experience:lessons should have been learned from two similar collisions
an experience or event that serves as a warning or encouragement:let that be a lesson to you!
2a passage from the Bible read aloud during a church service, especially either of two readings at morning and evening prayer in the Anglican Church:he went up to read the first lesson
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instruct or teach (someone): [with object and clause]:Metaneone had beforehand lessoned him what he should say
rebuke (someone):Oedipus has been lessoned to humility before the throne of Zeus
teach someone a lesson
punish or hurt someone as a deterrent or warning:they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain