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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

les·son / ˈlesən/ • n. 1. an amount of teaching given at one time; a period of learning or teaching: an advanced lesson in math a driving lesson. ∎ a thing learned or to be learned by a student. ∎ a thing learned by experience: the tragedy is a lesson in disappointment. ∎ an occurrence, example, or punishment that serves or should serve to warn or encourage: let that be a lesson to you! 2. a passage from the Bible read aloud during a church service, esp. either of two readings at morning and evening prayer in the Anglican Church. • v. [tr.] archaic instruct or teach (someone). ∎ admonish or rebuke (someone). PHRASES: learn one's lesson acquire a greater understanding of the world through a particular unpleasant or stressful experience. teach someone a lesson punish or hurt someone as a deterrent: they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain.

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lesson

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

lesson portion of sacred scripture read in divine service; portion of a book to be studied; portion or period of teaching XIII; †lecture XIV. — (O)F. leçon :- L. lectiō, -ōn- LECTION.

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T. F. HOAD. "lesson." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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lesson

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

lesson. Term used in 17th and 18th cents. for short kbd. piece or exercise, and often synonymous with sonata.

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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "lesson." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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lesson

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

lesson •Masson •flaxen, Jackson, klaxon, Sachsen, Saxon, waxen •Samson •Branson, Jansen, Manson, Nansen •arson, Carson, fasten, parson, sarsen •Bresson, delicatessen, Essen, lessen, lesson •Texan •Belsen, keelson, Nelson •Mendelssohn • Empson •Benson, ensign •Stetson •basin, caisson, chasten, diapason, hasten, Jason, mason •Bateson • handbasin • washbasin •Freemason • stonemason • Nielsen •Stevenson •christen, glisten, listen •Gibson, Ibsen •Blixen, Nixon, vixen •Nilsson, Stillson, Wilson •Nicholson • Simpson • Whitsun •Robinson • Acheson •Addison, Madison •Edison •Atkinson • Dickinson • Alison •Tennyson, venison •unison •caparison, comparison, garrison, Harrison •Ericsson • Morrison •archdiocesan, diocesan •jettison • Davisson •bison, Meissen, Tyson •Michelson • Robson •coxswain, oxen •Mommsen, Thompson •Johnson, Jonson, sponson, Swanson •Watson •coarsen, hoarsen, Orson •boatswain, bosun •Robeson • Jolson • moisten • loosen •Wolfson • Cookson • Hudson •Bunsen • tutsan •Grierson, Pearson •Culbertson • Richardson • Anderson •Jefferson • Ferguson • Rowlandson •Amundsen • Emerson • Jespersen •Saracen • Peterson • Williamson •person, worsen •Bergson • chairperson • layperson •salesperson • sportsperson •spokesperson

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