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Lecture

Lecture Meaning & Definition
Lecture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lecture?

[n] teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
[n] a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
[n] a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
[v] censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic
[v] deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lecture: bawl out | berate | chew out | chew up | chide | dress down | have words | jaw | lambast | lambaste | lecturing | public lecture | rag | rebuke | remonstrate | reprimand | reproof | scold | speech | talk | talk | talking to | trounce

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lecture: address | admonish | admonishment | admonition | assignment | berate | berating | bring to book | call to account | castigation | censure | chalk talk | chastise | chastisement | chew out | chide | chiding | correct | correction | criticism | declaim | declamation | deliver a lecture | diatribe | discourse | disquisition | dissertation | dress down | dressing-down | exercise | explain | exposit | exposition | expound | fulminate against | harangue | have words with | hold forth | homework | homily | instruction | lecture-demonstration | lesson | moral | moral lesson | morality | moralization | moralize | object lesson | objurgate | objurgation | orate | paper | philippic | point a moral | pontificate | preach | preachification | preachify | preaching | preachment | prelect | prelection | rail at | rate | rating | read a lesson | read a sermon | rebuke | recital | recitation | religious discourse | remonstration | reprehend | reprehension | reprimand | reproach | reprobation | reproof | reproval | reprove | scold | scolding | screed | sermon | sermonette | sermonize | set down | set straight | set task | skull session | spank | spanking | speech | straighten out | take down | take to task | talk | task | teaching | tell off | tongue-lash | tongue-lashing | travelogue | treatise | upbraid | upbraiding | warn | wig

See Also | address | brush down | castigate | chasten | chastise | class | correct | course | course of instruction | course of study | criticise | criticize | curtain lecture | instruct | instruction | learn | lecture demonstration | objurgate | pedagogy | pick apart | preach | preaching | prophesy | rebuke | reprehension | reprimand | reproof | reproval | sermon | talk | teach | teaching | tell off

Lecture In Webster's Dictionary

\Lec"ture\ (-t[-u]r; 135), n. [F. lecture, LL. lectura, fr. L. legere, lectum, to read. See {Legend}.] 1. The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture. [Obs.] 2. A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon. 3. A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority. 4. (Eng. Universities) A rehearsal of a lesson.
\Lec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lectured} (-t[-u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lecturing}.] 1. To read or deliver a lecture to. 2. To reprove formally and with authority.
\Lec"ture\, v. i. To deliver a lecture or lectures.

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