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lesson
What does lesson mean?
lesson (noun): a unit of instruction.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce lesson?
/ˈlɛsən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does lesson come from?
From Middle English lessoun, from Old French leçon, from Latin lēctiō, lēctiōnem (“a reading”), from legō (“to read; to gather”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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