Lecture - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈlektʃər|  American pronunciation of the word lecture
Brit.  |ˈlektʃə|  British pronunciation of the word lecture

noun

- a speech that is open to the public (syn: talk)
he attended a lecture on telecommunications
- a lengthy rebuke (syn: speech)
a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
- teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

verb

- deliver a lecture or talk (syn: talk)
Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
- censure severely or angrily (syn: bawl out, berate, call down, chide, dress down, jaw, lambaste, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, trounce)

Extra examples

She's planning to give a series of lectures on modern art.

Several hundred people are expected to attend the lecture.

I came home late and got a lecture from my parents.

I gave her a lecture about doing better in school.

She lectures in art at the local college.

They lectured their children about the importance of honesty.

I lectured her about doing better in school.

He regularly gives lectures on modern French literature.

Very few students ever attended his lectures.

My father caught me and gave me a long lecture about the dangers of drink.

I wish you'd stop lecturing me!

He began to lecture us about making too much noise.

He lectures on European art at Manchester University.

Don't you lecture at me, I don't have to do what you say!

Did you ever lecture at Harvard?

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: lecture
he/she/it: lectures
present participle: lecturing
past tense: lectured
past participle: lectured
noun
singular: lecture
plural: lectures
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