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object lessons

object lessons is the plural of object lesson.

Meaning of object lesson

Noun

object lesson (plural object lessons)

  1. A lesson taught (especially to young children) using a familiar or unusual object as a focus.
  2. An example from real life that explains a principle or teaches a lesson.
    • Vertebrates are limited to two eyes each, but the variations they have played on this plain vanilla starting point are an object lesson in how much can be made from a little.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 107
  3. Anything used as an example or lesson which serves to warn others as to the outcomes that result from a particular action or behavior, as exemplified by the fates of those who followed that course.
    • Let that be an object lesson to him.

Questions about object lessons

What is object lessons the plural of?
Object lessons is the plural of object lesson.

Words near object lessons in the dictionary

  1. object head
  2. object heads
  3. object language
  4. object languages
  5. object lesson
  6. object lessons
  7. object manipulation
  8. object of art
  9. object oriented programming
  10. object permanence
  11. object pool pattern

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