Lecture definition
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.
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.
Always lecturing me about my manners.
The professor lectured to two classes this morning.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, The Celebrity.The stories did not seem to me to touch life. [...] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture.
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