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Definitions for Lecture
[1] 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.
[2] a speech of warning or reproof as to conduct; a long, tedious reprimand.
[3] to give a lecture or series of lectures: He spent the year lecturing to various student groups.
[4] to deliver a lecture to or before; instruct by lectures.
[5] to rebuke or reprimand at some length: He lectured the child regularly but with little effect.
[6] a discourse on a particular subject given or read to an audience
[7] the text of such a discourse
[8] a method of teaching by formal discourse
[9] a lengthy reprimand or scolding
[10] to give or read a lecture (to an audience or class)
[11] (tr) to reprimand at length
Words related to Lecture
discourse, instruction, address, sermon, expound, teach, admonish, scold, chide, preach, spiel, allocution, disquisition, pitch, harangue, talk, oration, soapbox, rebuke, scolding
Words nearby Lecture
lectin, lection, lectionary, lector, lectotype, lecture, lecturer, lectureship, lecuona, lecythus, led
Origin of Lecture
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin lēctūra a reading. See lection, -ure
Other words from Lecture
pre·lec·ture , noun, adjective, verb, pre·lec·tured, pre·lec·tur·ing.
un·lec·tured , adjective
Word origin for Lecture
C14: from Medieval Latin lectūra reading, from legere to read
Synonyms for Lecture
address, discourse, instruction, allocution, disquisition, harangue, oration, pitch, soapbox, spiel, talk, chalk talk, pep talk