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lessons learned

lessons learned noun: experiences distilled from past activities that should be actively taken into account in future actions and behaviors.

Noun

lessons learned pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Experiences distilled from past activities that should be actively taken into account in future actions and behaviors.
    • We lost the Watson account because we made several mistakes, so we need to think about the lessons learned and apply them to keep the Anderson account.

Questions about lessons learned

What does lessons learned mean?
Lessons learned means experiences distilled from past activities that should be actively taken into account in future actions and behaviors.
What part of speech is lessons learned?
Lessons learned is a noun.

Words near lessons learned in the dictionary

  1. lessoniaceous
  2. lessoning
  3. lessonings
  4. lessonless
  5. lessons
  6. lessons learned
  7. lessor
  8. lessors
  9. lessour
  10. lessours
  11. lest

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