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lesson

Definition for lesson

noun as in information taught

Strongest matches

class, education, exercise, homework, instruction, lecture, practice, reading, study, task, teaching, test

Strong matches

assignment, coaching, drill, period, quiz, recitation, schooling

Weak matches

chalk talk, tutoring

noun as in helpful example, communication

Strongest matches

message, warning

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admonition, censure, chiding, deterrent, exemplar, model, moral, notice, precept, punishment, rebuke, reprimand, reproof, scolding

Weak matches

helpful word, noble action

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All week Gonzalez said the coaches were preaching the lesson learned from last season.

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Peterborough's Hampton Vale Primary Academy plans to install a portable pop-up pool in its playground by the Easter term, so about 400 pupils can have swimming lessons.

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That is a good lesson to consider heading into December as well, given that the S&P 500 is up 16.7% in 2025, within striking distance of a 20% gain for the year.

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Children will have lessons in budgets, money management, mortgages and compound interest.

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YouTube was added, despite the government's suggestion that it would be exempt so that children could watch lessons online.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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