lecture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.
The act of reading.

verb

To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
To preach, to berate, to scold.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃəː/ [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃəː] /ˈlek.t͡ʃəː/ [ˈlek.t͡ʃəː] /ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘː/ [ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘː] /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/ [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɹ̩] En-us-lecture.ogg

Word forms

lecture lectures lecturing lectured

Etymology

From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“to read, recite”). Doublet of lector.

Synonyms

dressing down going over sermon berating browbeating chiding chockling correption dirdum down the banks jawing lecture objurgation rixation scolding throughgoing

Related words

acroamatic analects lectern lection lesson

Derived words

belecture curtain lecture lecture bottle lecturee lecture hall lecturelike lectureship lecturesome lecturess lecture theatre lecturette lecturize lecturous microlecture minilecture nonlecture postlecture prelecture telelecture lect. lecturer unlectured

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