salutary lesson

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• salutary — sal|u|ta|ry [ˈsæljutəri US teri] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: salutaire, from Latin salutaris, from salus; SALUTE1] a salutary experience is unpleasant but teaches you something salutary experience/lesson/reminder etc ▪ Losing… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lesson — les|son W3S2 [ˈlesən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(learning a skill)¦ 2¦(in school)¦ 3¦(experience)¦ 4¦(book)¦ 5¦(church)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: leçon, from Latin lectio act of reading , from legere; …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• salutary — sal|u|tar|y [ sæljə,teri ] adjective FORMAL a salutary experience or warning is one that has a good effect although it is unpleasant: It was a salutary lesson to see the whole team so easily defeated …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• salutary — adjective 1) a salutary lesson on the fragility of nature Syn: beneficial, advantageous, good, profitable, productive, helpful, useful, valuable, worthwhile; timely 2) archaic the salutary Atlantic air See s …   Thesaurus of popular words

• salutary — UK [ˈsæljʊt(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈsæljəˌterɪ] adjective formal a salutary experience or warning is one that has a good effect although it is unpleasant It was a salutary lesson to see the whole team so easily defeated …   English dictionary

• lesson — noun 1 period of teaching or learning ADJECTIVE ▪ good, interesting ▪ boring ▪ individual ▪ private ▪ driving …   Collocations dictionary

• lesson */*/*/ — UK [ˈles(ə)n] / US noun [countable] Word forms lesson : singular lesson plural lessons 1) a) a period of time in which students are taught about a subject in school. The usual American word is class a French/English/maths/history lesson I d like… …   English dictionary

• salutary — salubrious, salutary Both words are derived from the Latin word salus meaning ‘health’. Salubrious essentially means ‘giving health’ and hence also ‘pleasant, agreeable’ • (The Prince of Wales bestowed a polite eye upon her, then turned to the… …   Modern English usage

• lesson — /ˈlɛsən / (say lesuhn) noun 1. something to be learned or studied. 2. a part of a book or the like assigned to a pupil for study: the lesson for today is on page 22. 3. a length of time during which a pupil or class studies one subject. 4. a… …  

• salutary — adj. Salutary is used with these nouns: ↑effect, ↑experience, ↑lesson, ↑reminder, ↑warning …   Collocations dictionary

• healthy, healthful, salutary —    Some authorities maintain that healthy should apply only to those things that possess health and healthful to those that promote it. Thus we would have healthy children but healthful food and healthful exercise. There is no harm in observing… …   Dictionary of troublesome word