Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lessons learned

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: lesson-s learned
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Experiences distilled from past activities that should be actively taken into account in future actions and behaviors.

Example Sentences

"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

What does lessons learned mean?: Experiences distilled from past activities that should be actively taken into account in future actions and behaviors.

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