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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024lec•ture /ˈlɛktʃɚ/USA pronunciation n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. n. [countable] - a talk delivered before an audience or a class, esp. for instruction or to set forth some subject:a lecture on modern art.
- a speech of warning or scolding;
a long reprimand:got a stern lecture on being responsible.
v. - to give a lecture or series of lectures: [no object]He lectured to a number of student groups.[~ + object]She lectured the students on diplomacy.
- to scold or warn, esp. at some length: [~ + object]She lectured her children on good table manners.[no object]She lectured to them.
lec•tur•er, n. [countable]See -lec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024lec•ture (lek′chər),USA pronunciation n., v., -tured, -tur•ing. n. - a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, esp. for instruction or to set forth some subject:a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- a speech of warning or reproof as to conduct;
a long, tedious reprimand.
v.i. - to give a lecture or series of lectures:He spent the year lecturing to various student groups.
v.t. - to deliver a lecture to or before;
instruct by lectures. - to rebuke or reprimand at some length:He lectured the child regularly but with little effect.
- Medieval Latin lēctūra a reading. See lection, -ure
- late Middle English 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged address, talk, paper, oratim, discourse.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged address, teach.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged admonish; hector.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lecture /ˈlɛktʃə/ n - a discourse on a particular subject given or read to an audience
- the text of such a discourse
- a method of teaching by formal discourse
- a lengthy reprimand or scolding
vb - to give or read a lecture (to an audience or class)
- (transitive) to reprimand at length
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin lectūra reading, from legere to read |