lecture
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
Example
“During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture.”
Other meanings
A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
“We will not have lecture tomorrow.”
A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.
“I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits.”
Synonyms
- speech
- talking to
Related words
- belecture
- lecturee
- lecturelike
- lecturesome
- lecturess
- lecturette
- lecturize
- lecturous
- microlecture
- minilecture
- nonlecture
- postlecture
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "lectus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lecture” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.