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lecture definition

lec·ture (lek′c̸hər)

noun

    1. an informative talk given as before an audience or class and usually prepared beforehand
    2. the text of such a talk
  2. a lengthy rebuke or scolding

Etymology: ME, act of reading < ML lectura < pp. of L legere, to read: see logic

intransitive verb lectured -·tured, lecturing -·tur·ing

to give a lecture or lectures

transitive verb

  1. to give a lecture to
  2. to rebuke or scold at length

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