lessons 1 of 2

noun

plural of lesson
as in assignments
something assigned to be read or studied your lesson for tonight will be the chapter on chemical reactions

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verb

present tense third-person singular of lesson
as in teaches
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field would tirelessly lesson the children in proper manners

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Recent Examples of lessons
Noun
At this price, a 5-year plan beats paying for lessons or restarting with a new app every few months. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 4 July 2026 The passage of time has only sharpened the lessons of Entebbe for me. — Anne Neuberger, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 More than teaching lessons in the classroom, educators and school staff often help shape the way students see the world. — Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 25 June 2026 Wealthier establishments along the banks offered restaurants, cafés and swimming lessons. — Camille Knight, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 Stew Leonard emphasizes two other approaches — swimming lessons for young kids and complete focus by caregivers when young children are around water. — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 Splash, a nonprofit organization founded in 1999, works with cities and school districts to teach kids about science through hands-on lessons and field trips. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026 As America marks its 250th anniversary — and confronts deep political divisions — Kristen asked her what lessons our history may hold for this moment. — NBC news, 5 July 2026 His foundation has funded over 250,000 swimming lessons for children and opened two swimming schools — one of them across the street from his company's headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut. — ABC News, 4 July 2026
Verb
Questions — and hopefully lessons Backcountry around the world are waiting for officials to release more information about what decisions Blackbird’s guides made leading into the tragedy. — Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lessons
  1. assignments
  2. teaches
  3. readings
  4. educates
  5. schools
Noun
  • Still, the members’ committee assignments make the trades politically sensitive.
    — Luke Fountain,Justin Papp, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • Lavon received about $518 in cryptocurrency for these assignments, according to the indictment, for a total of about $1,379.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of assignments
Verb
  • The Serengeti teaches us that nature doesn’t force alignment.
    — Sherry McAllister, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Cotter, 29, moved from Chicago and now teaches English at a high school.
    — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of teaches
Noun
  • For full daily and monthly horoscopes as well as expert readings, see our full Horoscopes experience.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • But years into a war that has left Russians excluded from the world and saddled with broken promises from the government, official readings of economic pessimism have recently hit record highs, threatening the Kremlin’s tenuous hold on its society.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Definition of readings
Verb
  • On the continent is an elite war college that educates healers, soldiers, scribes, and — most famously — dragon riders.
    — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge by conservatives to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
    — JAMIE STENGLE, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026
Definition of educates
Verb
  • Baltimore County's Board of Education named the former Anne Arundel County schools Chief Operating Officer (COO) as its next superintendent, officials announced Monday.
    — JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • There are people doing the hard work that schools such as Hi-Mount require.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, jsonline.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of schools

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