lecture
/'lektʃə/
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Definition
Noun:
- A formal talk on a serious or academic subject, typically given to a class or an audience: A "lecture" is an educational speech intended to teach or inform listeners about a specific topic.
- A lengthy and serious reprimand or scolding: A "lecture" can also refer to a stern, often lengthy, talk in which someone is criticized or rebuked for their behavior.
Verb:
- To give a formal talk or speech on a subject, especially to teach students or an audience: To "lecture" means to deliver an educational talk.
- To reprimand or scold someone at length: To "lecture" someone means to criticize or admonish them seriously and often for a prolonged period.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The professor gave an interesting lecture on quantum physics.
- After I came home late, I got a long lecture from my parents about responsibility.
Verb:
- She will lecture on medieval history at the conference next month.
- My boss lectured me for an hour about the importance of meeting deadlines.
Advanced Usage
- "to lecture at": This phrasal construction is often used to indicate the place or institution where the lecture is delivered.
- He has been invited to lecture at several prestigious universities.
- "to give/deliver a lecture": The standard collocation for presenting a formal talk.
- She was nervous about delivering her first public lecture.
Variants and Related Words
- Lecturer (n): A person who gives lectures, especially at a university or college.
- He works as a lecturer in the biology department.
- Lectureship (n): The position of a lecturer.
- She was offered a lectureship at Oxford.
Synonyms
- Noun (Talk): Address, speech, talk, presentation.
- Noun (Scolding): Reprimand, rebuke, admonishment, talking-to.
- Verb (Talk): Speak, address, present.
- Verb (Scold): Reprimand, scold, berate, admonish.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Lecture on: To give a formal talk about a specific subject.
- The expert will lecture on the effects of climate change.
- Lecture to: To deliver a formal talk to a specific group.
- He lectures to large first-year classes.
Related Idioms
- To read/give someone a lecture: To scold or reprimand someone at length.
- My coach read me a lecture after I missed practice.
- A lecture hall/theatre: A large room or building used for giving lectures.
- The first-year biology class is held in the main lecture hall.
Noun
- teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
- a lengthy rebuke
- a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
- the teacher gave him a talking to
- a speech that is open to the public
- he attended a lecture on telecommunications
Verb
- censure severely or angrily
- The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
- The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
- deliver a lecture or talk
- She will talk at Rutgers next week
- Did you ever lecture at Harvard?