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Definition of 'lecture'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) lecture
a discourse read or delivered before an audience or class, esp. for instruction:
a lecture on modern art.

2. lecture
a long speech of warning or reproof as to conduct.

3. (v.i.) lecture
to give a lecture or series of lectures:
She spent the year lecturing to student groups.

4. (v.t.) lecture
to deliver a lecture to or before.

5. lecture
to rebuke or reprimand at some length.

Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < ML lēctūra a reading)

Definition of 'lecture'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) lecture, public lecture, talk
a speech that is open to the public
"he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

2. (noun) lecture, speech, talking to
a lengthy rebuke
"a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

3. (verb) lecture, lecturing
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

4. (verb) lecture, talk
deliver a lecture or talk
"She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

5. (verb) call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
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"

Definition of 'lecture'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) lecture
an educational talk on a particular subject
The professor gave a lecture on 20th century history.

2. lecture
an occasion when sb criticizes or warns sb about their behavior
I got a lecture from my parents about responsibility.

3. (verb) lecture
to give an educational lecture
a doctor lecturing on HIV and AIDS

4. lecture
to criticize sb in a lecture
my doctor lecturing me about my weight

Definition of 'lecture'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) lecture
the act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture

2. (noun) lecture
a discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon

3. (noun) lecture
a reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority

4. (noun) lecture
a rehearsal of a lesson

5. (verb) lecture
to read or deliver a lecture to

6. (verb) lecture
to reprove formally and with authority

7. (verb) lecture
to deliver a lecture or lectures

Translation of 'lecture'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a formal talk given to students or other audiences a history lecture.
Afrikaans: lesing, klas	Arabic: مُحاضَرَه	Bulgarian: лекция
Brazilian: conferência	Czech: přednáška	German: der Vortrag, die Vorlesun
Danish: forelæsning; -forelæsning	Greek: διάλεξη	Spanish: conferencia, clase
Estonian: loeng	Farsi: کنفرانس درسی	Finnish: luento
French: conférence, cours	Hebrew: הַרצָאָה	Hindi: व्याख्यान
Croatian: lekcija	Hungarian: előadás	Indonesian: ceramah
Icelandic: fyrirlestur	Italian: conferenza; lezione	Japanese: 講義
Korean: 강의	Lithuanian: paskaita	Latvian: lekcija
Malay: kuliah	Dutch: lezing, college	Norwegian: forelesning, foredrag
Polish: wykład	Persian: کنفرانس درسی	Pashto: په ټولگى كښى كنفرانس
Portuguese: conferência	Romanian: conferinţă, curs	Russian: лекция
Slovak: prednáška	Slovenian: predavanje	Serbian: predavanje
Swedish: föreläsning, föredrag	Thai: การบรรยาย	Turkish: ders
Taiwanese: 講課	Ukrainian: лекція	Urdu: علمی تقریر
Vietnamese: bài giảng	Chinese: 讲课
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