lecture
lec·ture (lek′c̸hər)
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
Etymology: ME, act of reading < ML lectura < pp. of L legere, to read: see logic
intransitive verb -·tured, -·tur·ing
to give a lecture or lectures
transitive verb
- to give a lecture to
- to rebuke or scold at length
lecture
n.
lecture
v.
Object
- seminar: Teaching and learning Learning is through lectures, seminars and tutorials.
- tutorial: Teaching and learning Modules are taught by a mixture of lectures, tutorials and seminars.
- practicals: Brief description of teaching and learning methods: Lectures, practicals and seminar discussion.
- note: Journal or book title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5th International Gesture Workshop, Genova, Italy.
Converse of object
- entitle: Dr. Wong presented his research at the conference in a lecture entitled Pharmacy Practice: Improving Medicine Use in Children.
- attend: Tonight, I'm attending a lecture by a guy who makes architecture look like web design - Will Allsop.
- deliver: Mr Mandelson delivered the 1999 ITN lecture to the European Media Forum on July 26.
- illustrate: Antonia Swinson is planning an illustrated lecture on her findings.
- give: Director Han, himself an artist, gave a lecture on modern art.
Adjective modifier
- one-hour: TEACHING FORMAT: 4 one-hour lectures and a 1.5 hour tutorial per week.
- inaugural: The contrast, originally drawn in a mid-nineteenth century inaugural lecture at what became another northern university, is with stagnating.
- professorial: PROFESSORIAL LECTURE: Grounding the Democratic Imagination: Developing the Relationship between Research and Policy in Education.
- plenary: Geoffrey Leech gave a plenary lecture entitled ' Politeness: Is there an East-West divide?
- introductory: Introductory lectures and seminars may help, as will talking to your tutor.
- formal: Different teaching situations, from lab work to formal lectures, are covered.
Modifies a noun
- theater: Assistance may be required with the double doors to the lecture theater itself.
- note: Seminar lecture notes will be given to all delegates on arrival.
- hall: Gave lectures at her house or in public lecture halls.
- series: Second in our lecture series on Edwardian Country Houses.
Noun used with modifier
- keynote: The day started with a lively keynote lecture by Professor John Gaffney.
A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous Epic lilted out By violet-hooded Doctors, elegies And quoted odes, and jewels five-words-long, That on the stretched forefinger of all Time Sparkle for ever.
They will get it straight one day at the Sorbonne. We shall return at twilight from the lecture Pleased that the irrational is rational.
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