lecture hall
noun
: a room specially designed for lectures : auditorium
We all took our seats in the lecture hall.
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Scheduled to open this spring, the Texas Cavaliers Alamo Education Center will feature a lecture hall, a garden, classrooms and labs for students to learn about the Alamo.
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Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
At a typical research university, an undergraduate course like this would meet inside a lecture hall, perhaps with separate breakout sections for discussion led by graduate students.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Stories that made the setting feel more like a family dinner than a lecture hall.
—Ryan Gable, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The origin of the 9mm pistol that Claudio Neves Valente fired in a Brown University lecture hall is not known to the public.
—Mark Reynolds, The Providence Journal, 5 Jan. 2026
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Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
At a typical research university, an undergraduate course like this would meet inside a lecture hall, perhaps with separate breakout sections for discussion led by graduate students.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Stories that made the setting feel more like a family dinner than a lecture hall.
—Ryan Gable, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
The origin of the 9mm pistol that Claudio Neves Valente fired in a Brown University lecture hall is not known to the public.
—Mark Reynolds, The Providence Journal, 5 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for lecture hall
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“Lecture hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lecture%20hall. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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