lesson English · revision 5005

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=a. 1225|origins=la lectio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈles.ən/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|lessoun]], lesceun, [[bor|fro|leçon]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[la|lēctiō|t=a reading]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) a noun of action from legere “to read”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[ine-pro|*leǵ-|alt=*leg-|t=to collect, gather]].^(Etymonline) It is a doublet of [[lection]] and related to [[legend]] and [[lecture]].^(NODE 1998)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A portion of the Bible read aloud at a church service: the early 13th century in Etymonline, before 1225 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Something to be learned by a student is just as early.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A period of teaching given to a pupil or class is from about 1290,^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) and the action of reading or a lecture from the 14th century, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) An occurrence from which something can be learned is from the 1580s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The verb, to teach, is from 1555,^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) and to rebuke or teach someone a lesson is recorded by the AHD.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * a. 1225 – a Bible reading; a portion to be studied.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1290 – a period of teaching.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1555 – verb, to teach.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1580s – an instructive experience.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A period of time in which someone is taught something; a [[class]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something to be learned, or an exercise for learning it.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An experience that teaches something: ''let that be a lesson to you''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A passage from the [[Bible]] read aloud in a church service.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(rare)'' To teach or reprimand.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[object lesson]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lectern]]

+ * [[lection]]

+ * [[lecture]]

+ * [[legend]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}