Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of lesson
"The new student asked if there were any extra lessons available for beginners after school hours."
In plain English: Lessons are the things you learn from someone or something during a class or practice session.
"The students learned important lessons from their mistakes during the final exam review."
Usage: Use "lessons" to refer to multiple sessions of instruction or specific things learned from experience. It functions as the standard plural form of "lesson" when discussing more than one teaching period or moral insight.
Derived from Old French leçon, which comes from Latin lectio meaning "a reading," the term originally referred to something read or studied aloud. It evolved in English to denote an instruction given by a teacher or a unit of study derived from such teaching.