lesson
130
6.7
- noun
- /ˈlɛsən/
- Informal
:
escarmiento
- I guess they need a harsh lesson.
- teach someone a lesson
- an object lesson
He said do it, let your brother learn a lesson, do it.
- He said do it, let your brother learn a lesson, do it.
- He's he is trying to punish her and teach her a lesson and said I didn't want the cat.
- And Hamas will have learned a lesson.
- The fourth reason you'll never get closure is because you will never teach them a lesson.
Examples
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Rollwagen's experience in Washington, however, soon became an object lesson for businessmen in government.
Academic text (1993) -
And hopefully that kid will learn a lesson and straighten out its ways.
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Let this be a lesson to you.
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Yes, a lesson for everyone at home.
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Let this be a lesson to all you ants.
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I'm going to teach you a lesson.
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Let this be a lesson to the heads of state dependent on the United States.
Academic text (2011) -
But they taught a dangerous lesson that outsiders could be dangerous.
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The odyssey of the Afo-a-Kom should have served as an object lesson for Kom and Americans alike.
Academic text (1990) -
The village was burned down to teach them a lesson: not to harbor runaways.
Synonyms
720
1.3
An action that makes someone suffer for breaking a rule, like a fine or time in prison
165
4.7
A person punished publicly to warn others
6
6.1
A clear example, often a punishment, that warns other people
People use a punishment to show others not to do the same
Idioms
- Informal
34
3.4
A person notices they made a mistake and does things differently to avoid it again
Compounds
How Severe
720
1.3
- Informal
130
6.7
- Formal
24
6.1
7
3.3
17
7.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lesson comes from the Latin lectio, from legere 'to read', and later the word came to mean anything that 'teaches'. So when someone is given a punishment as a 'lesson', the idea is that the punishment should 'teach' others a warning.