lecture

noun

  1. 1

    teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

  2. 2

    a lengthy rebuke

    a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline

    the teacher gave him a talking to

  3. 3

    a speech that is open to the public

    he attended a lecture on telecommunications

verb

  1. 1

    censure severely or angrily

    The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car

    The deputy ragged the Prime Minister

  2. 2

    deliver a lecture or talk

    She will talk at Rutgers next week

    Did you ever lecture at Harvard?

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