Definition of Lecture
Noun: lecture lek-chu(r)
- A speech that is open to the public
"he attended a lecture on telecommunications";
- public lecture, talk
- A lengthy rebuke
"a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline";
- speech, talking to
- Teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
- lecturing
- Deliver a lecture or talk
"Did you ever lecture at Harvard?";
- talk
- Censure severely or angrily
"The deputy lectured the Prime Minister";
- call on the carpet [US], take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out [N. Amer], chew up [N. Amer], have words, lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer]
See also:
lectotypes
lectured
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