LESSON

n. 1 exercise, drill, reading, lecture, recitation; assignment, homework, task The pupils are having an English lesson at the moment You must finish your lessons before you can go out and play. 2 class, session; instruction, teaching, tutoring, schooling; practice I take piano lessons on Tuesday afternoons 3 example, exemplar, model, guide, maxim, paragon, message, deterrent, discouragement; warning, admonition; moral, precept Norman's punishment should be a lesson to you 4 punishment, chastisement, chastening, castigation, scolding, chiding, rebuke, reprimand, reproof: If she does that again, I'll give her a lesson she won't forget in a hurry!