Lecture Definition

lĕkchər
lectured, lectures, lecturing
noun
lectures
An informative talk given as before an audience or class and usually prepared beforehand.
Webster's New World
An earnest admonition or reproof; a reprimand.
American Heritage
The text of such a talk.
Webster's New World
A lengthy rebuke or scolding.
Webster's New World
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verb
lectured, lectures, lecturing
To give a lecture or lectures.
Webster's New World
To give a lecture to.
Webster's New World
To admonish or reprove earnestly, often at length.
Always lecturing me about my manners.
American Heritage

(intransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.

The professor lectured to two classes this morning.
Wiktionary

To preach, to berate, to scold.

Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Lecture

Noun

Singular:
lecture
Plural:
lectures

Origin of Lecture

  • Middle English a reading from Old French from Medieval Latin lēctūra from Latin lēctus past participle of legere to read leg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Medieval Latin lectura (“reading"), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“I read, I recite").

    From Wiktionary

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