lecture
/ˈlɛktʃɚ/
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Also a verb
Meaning
An educational talk delivered to an audience or class, especially at a college or university.
Students packed the hall to hear the guest professor's lecture on economics.
Did you take detailed notes during this morning's biology lecture?
A long, reprimanding speech directed at someone's behavior.
His father gave him a stern lecture about arriving home after curfew.
She braced herself for another lecture as soon as she walked in the door.
Collocations
- lecture hall
- give a lecture
- deliver a lecture
- attend a lecture
- stern lecture
Synonyms
- address
- presentation
- scolding
- reprimand
Meaning
To deliver an educational talk to an audience or class.
He lectures on American literature every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon.
Have you ever lectured to a class of over three hundred undergraduates?
To scold or reprimand someone at length in an authoritative manner.
Stop lecturing me about my spending habits whenever we go shopping.
She was lectured by her supervisor after missing the quarterly project deadline.
How it's used
When this means “give an educational talk”
- lecture on the topic
“lecture on it.”
The scientist will lecture on marine biology this evening.
When this means “reprimand someone”
- lecture the employee about the mistake
“lectured him about it.”
She lectured him about his messy habits.
Collocations
- lecture on
- lecture about
Synonyms
- speak
- scold
Antonyms
- praise