Kilo Lingo

/ˈlesn/

Line drawing of lesson
Coloured illustration of lesson
#1205 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

A period of time in which someone teaches you something.

Word origin

From Old French lecon, from Latin lectio, meaning a reading.

Origin
French
Root
lecon
English cognates
lecture

Grammar

Gender
Plurallessons

Examples

.

A lesson is a set time for teaching.

.

You "take lessons" to learn a skill.

.

A lesson can also be something that life teaches you.

Used in

Add to review queue

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

Go to my review queue

This word is part of lesson 25.