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The definition of a lecture is a talk given on a particular subject or a scolding given after someone does something wrong.
(noun)- An example of a lecture is a talk on natural sciences.
- An example of a lecture is a parent's talk about being honest to a child after the child has lied.
To lecture is defined as to deliver a speech or to talk to someone about why he or she was wrong.
(verb)- An example of lecture is for a priest to deliver a sermon.
- An example of lecture is for a parent to tell his child why stealing is wrong.
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See lecture in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- an informative talk given as before an audience or class and usually prepared beforehand
- the text of such a talk
- a lengthy rebuke or scolding
Origin: ME, act of reading < ML lectura < pp. of L legere, to read: see logic
transitive verb
- to give a lecture to
- to rebuke or scold at length
See lecture in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- An exposition of a given subject delivered before an audience or a class, as for the purpose of instruction.
- An earnest admonition or reproof; a reprimand.
To deliver a lecture or series of lectures.
verb, transitive- To deliver a lecture to (a class or an audience).
- To admonish or reprove earnestly, often at length: always lecturing me about my manners.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, a reading
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Medieval Latin lēctūra
Origin: , from Latin lēctus
Origin: , past participle of legere, to read; see leg- in Indo-European roots
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