lecture
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
a speech of warning or reproof as to conduct; a long, tedious reprimand.
to give a lecture or series of lectures: He spent the year lecturing to various student groups.
to deliver a lecture to or before; instruct by lectures.
to rebuke or reprimand at some length: He lectured the child regularly but with little effect.
Origin of lecture
1Other words for lecture
Other words from lecture
- pre·lec·ture, noun, adjective, verb, pre·lec·tured, pre·lec·tur·ing.
- un·lec·tured, adjective
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How to use lecture in a sentence
Unlectured, un-lek′tūrd, adj. not taught in lectures, not subjected to instruction or admonition in lectures.
British Dictionary definitions for lecture
/ (ˈlɛktʃə) /
a discourse on a particular subject given or read to an audience
the text of such a discourse
a method of teaching by formal discourse
a lengthy reprimand or scolding
to give or read a lecture (to an audience or class)
(tr) to reprimand at length
Origin of lecture
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