1
as in to scold
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
the frustrated manager lectured the waitstaff about its poor level of service
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2
as in to speak
to give a formal often extended talk on a subject
a physician who has lectured before countless audiences on the importance of diet and exercise in avoiding heart disease
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as in sermon
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Recent Examples of lecture
Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Today’s successful downtowns rely on a mix of ingredients, said Steven Falk, the former city manager of Lafayette, who’s served as an interim city executive in Oakland and Richmond and who lectures at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
Steve Buckley, New York Times, 5 June 2026
No lecture or strict ground rules are required.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 4 June 2026
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Verb
Sharon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Honorary Member of the UK Association of Jungian Analysts, and has taught and lectured at many academic institutions, Jungian organisations, retreat centres and cultural festivals around the world.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Today’s successful downtowns rely on a mix of ingredients, said Steven Falk, the former city manager of Lafayette, who’s served as an interim city executive in Oakland and Richmond and who lectures at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
Noun
And so on Friday, May 29, after former Blue Ox president Dean Gyorgy headed up a lecture on the team as part of the Hall’s annual Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, everybody stepped into another room for the formal handing-over of all that cool stuff.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 5 June 2026
No lecture or strict ground rules are required.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lecture
Verb
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Additionally, in March 2024, Goldberg sprung up from her seat to scold a disruptive audience member who was recording the telecast with his phone.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Dec. 2025
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Feeling the woman cupping his private area, the artist kneeled down and appeared to scold her, telling her to stop.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
25 Nov. 2025
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Swift covered a variety of topics while speaking with Colbert, from her Kansas City Chiefs star fiancé Travis Kelce being the love of her life to getting her masters back.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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That summer, Mbappe turned down the chance to join Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, despite PSG giving him permission to speak to them following a €300m bid in July 2023.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Warnock said in his sermon that the prophet Isaiah provides words of hope but also a road map on how to move forward.—
Tia Mitchell,
AJC.com,
15 June 2026
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Asbury himself would traverse some two hundred and fifty thousand miles and preach more than sixteen thousand sermons in the course of forty-five years.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Verb
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Disgusting — yet he was not reprimanded by fellow commissioners.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
10 June 2026
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Behind closed doors, ProPublica revealed, the majority-Republican state Supreme Court quashed the commission’s recommendations that two Republican judges who’d admitted to committing egregious conduct violations be publicly reprimanded.—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
5 June 2026
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There were cartoons while dressing children, evening news while cooking dinner, and, before bed, families watched mutely as onscreen families laughed and talked.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Emanuel and White served as VIP shepherds at times, bringing dignitaries over to talk to Trump when the action was quiet in the octagon, and commercials were rolling for viewers on TV.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 June 2026
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For Rick Berres, owner of Honey-Doers, the lesson learned was that color drenching often suits smaller spaces better than larger ones.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
14 June 2026
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Sheeran took every lesson to heart, and the results continue to pay dividends.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
Verb
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An Israeli source told CNN that Netanyahu has also privately blamed Kushner and Witkoff for creating a wedge between the two leaders.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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Amid mounting public criticism, the White House took down the video and blamed an unnamed aide.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Some of the dialogue feels like Harrison’s own metaphysical musings rather than characters’ speech.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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For people with disabilities, AI is providing higher quality and faster transcription for the deaf, image descriptions for the blind, and speech generation for those unable to communicate verbally.—
Jessica Melugin,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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“Lecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lecture. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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