Definition of lecture
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:a discourse given before an audience or class especially for instruction
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:a formal reproof
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Examples of lecture in a Sentence
She's planning to give a series of lectures on modern art.
Several hundred people are expected to attend the lecture.
I came home late and got a lecture from my parents.
I gave her a lecture about doing better in school.
Recent Examples of lecture from the Web
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After consulting with student leaders and campus stakeholders, Comey will announce the topic of the lectures.
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The dozens who attended Saturday's event were treated to lunch, free copies of the Quran and a brief lecture from Ahmed about the key tenants of the religion, which has over 1 billion adherents worldwide.
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UA notes that purses, bags, laptops, umbrellas and large jackets will not be allowed in the lecture hall.
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Berkeley is ready to spend as much as $500,000 to protect a single lecture, Mr. Mogulof said, and will do so regardless of the speaker’s ideology.
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Your nervous system evolved to withstand periodic bouts of stress, such as fleeing from a tiger, taking a punch or encountering an odious idea in a university lecture.
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Series of lectures by Meridian Library District and the Idaho State Historical Society.
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A free Opera Insights lecture is presented one hour prior to each performance.
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Beyond playing games and grilling sausages, the 80-odd campers, mostly students, heard lectures on human rights and intellectual-property law.
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Origin and Etymology of lecture
Middle English, act of reading, from Late Latin lectura, from Latin lectus, past participle of legere
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Examples of lecture in a Sentence
She lectures in art at the local college.
They lectured their children about the importance of honesty.
I lectured her about doing better in school.
Recent Examples of lecture from the Web
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This is what fat-studies professors like to do — lecture doctors about medicine.
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In previous years, the event featured tent cities set up in the downtown area, an evening ball and lectures about how the war started and why.
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At Andalusia, O'Connor fought isolation and boredom with a flock of peacocks and widespread travel to lecture on faith and literature.
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Likewise with these absolute cretins who find out your true love has ALS and then proceed to lecture you on leaving him immediately.
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Friedman, who had a home on Hampden Court off Bardstown Road in the Highlands, had lectured extensively on design, including at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
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Powe took on the role of godmother or big sister, lecturing about the need to be on time, every time.
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China is also a major investor in Hungary, with Budapest styling itself as China’s gateway to Europe, and Prime Minister Viktor Orban warning European leaders not to lecture China about human rights.
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Museum and Art Events 6 The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History continues its PUBlic Knowledge lecture series at the Flying Saucer in Fort Worth.
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First Known Use of lecture
circa 1590
lecture Synonyms
Synonyms
baste, bawl out, berate, call down, castigate, chastise, chew out, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), scold, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), rate, ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, score, tongue-lash, upbraidRelated Words
admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reprove; abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperate; belittle, disparage, mock, put down; ridicule, scoff, scornNear Antonyms
approve, endorse (also indorse), sanction; extol (also extoll), laud, praiseLECTURE Defined for English Language Learners
lecture
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Definition of lecture for English Language Learners
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: to give a talk or a series of talks to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject
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: to talk to (someone) in an angry or serious way
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