Lecture meaning
An exposition of a given subject delivered before an audience or class, as for the purpose of instruction.
noun
To deliver a lecture to (a class or audience).
verb
The definition of a lecture is a talk given on a particular subject or a scolding given after someone does something wrong.
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.
noun
To deliver a lecture or series of lectures.
verb
To admonish or reprove earnestly, often at length.
Always lecturing me about my manners.
verb
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A lengthy rebuke or scolding.
noun
To give a lecture or lectures.
verb
To give a lecture to.
verb
- 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.
noun
(intransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
The professor lectured to two classes this morning.
verb
To lecture is defined as to deliver a speech or to talk to someone about why he or she was wrong.
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.
verb
An earnest admonition or reproof; a reprimand.
noun
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 legÅ (“I read, I recite").
From Wiktionary