lecture
noun
- 1
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
- 2
a lengthy rebuke
a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
the teacher gave him a talking to
- 3
a speech that is open to the public
he attended a lecture on telecommunications
verb
- 1
censure severely or angrily
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
- 2
deliver a lecture or talk
She will talk at Rutgers next week
Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
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