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lesson

/ˈlɛs(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈlɛs(ə)n/

lesson

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

les - son -> lesson

Myanmar meaning

(n) စာသင်ချိန်။ သင်တန်းချိန်။ သင်တန်း။

Full entry

lesson / 'lesn / n

၁။ စာသင်ချိန်။ သင်တန်းချိန်။ သင်တန်း။
a history / English/ physics lesson ❍ She gives piano lessons. ❍ I’m having flying / riding lessons. ❍ The lesson lasted an hour.
၂။ သင်ခန်းစာ။ The first lesson in driving is how to start the car. ❍ (fig ) Other EU members can teach us a lesson or two on industrial policy.
၃။ ~ (to sb) အတုယူဖွယ်။ နမူနာ။ သင်ခန်းစာ။ a valuable/ salutory lesson ❍ Let this be a lesson to you never to play with matches! ❍ We are still absorbing the painful / harsh lessons of this disaster. ❍ It was a lesson not lost on (ie learned well by) the team manager.
၄။ (religion ) ခရစ်ယာန် တရားကြားနာနိုင်ရန် ဖတ်ပြသော စာပိုဒ်။ The first lesson is taken from St John’s Gospel.

More examples

A French/English/maths/history lesson
I’d like to talk to you at the end of the lesson.
[skip/miss a lesson] : Jo’s father found out that she’d been skipping lessons.
A driving/dancing/swimming lesson
One of the most important lessons in life is the value of friendship.
The lessons of war/history/experience
[lesson in] : I needed a lesson in humility and I got it.
The second goal was a lesson in how not to defend a free kick.
[learn a lesson] : I hope you’ve learnt a lesson from this, young man!
[learn your lesson] : People get into debt at such a young age that they have learnt their lesson by the time they’re 23.
[teach someone a lesson] : That girl needs teaching a lesson.
[let that be a lesson to you] : Let that be a lesson to you not to play with matches!
Lesson 5 is all about the subjunctive.
Reverend Thomas stood up to read the lesson.

Synonyms

class, lecture, session, tutorial, seminar, period, admonition, assignment, call down, call on the carpet, call to task, calling down, carp on, censure, chalk talk, chide, chiding, climb all over, coaching, communication, deterrent, drill, education, example, exemplar, exercise, experience, exprobate, find fault, give a hard time, give comeuppance, give piece of mind, give piece of one's mind, give the devil, give the dickens, go after, helpful example, helpful word, homework, information taught, instruction, jawbone, jump down one's throat, jump down throat, jump on, lay on, lean on, leaning on, lessoning, light into, lower the boom, message, model, monish, moral, noble action, notice, object lesson, practice, precept, punishment, quiz, reading, rebuke, recitation, reprimand, reproach, reproof, schooling, scolding, sit on, sitting on, slap on wrist, slap wrist, sound off, speak to, speaking to, study, take down a peg, take to task, talk to, talking to, task, teaching, tear apart, test, tick off, ticked off, torn apart, tutoring, warning

Antonyms

compliment, encouragement, ignorance, praise, reward

Cross references

class lecture session tutorial seminar period admonition assignment call down call on the carpet call to task calling down carp on censure chalk talk chide chiding climb all over coaching communication deterrent drill education example exemplar exercise experience exprobate

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