lecture (ˈlɛktʃə
)
Definitions
noun
- a discourse on a particular subject given or read to an audience
- the text of such a discourse
- a method of teaching by formal discourse
- a lengthy reprimand or scolding
verb
- to give or read a lecture (to an audience or class)
- (tr) to reprimand at length
Word Origin
C14: from Medieval Latin lectūra reading, from legere to readSynonyms
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talk,
address,
speech,
lesson,
instruction,
presentation,
discourse,
sermon,
exposition,
harangue,
oration,
disquisition,
webinar,
=
telling-off,
rebuke,
reprimand,
talking-to,
heat,
going-over,
wigging,
censure,
scolding,
chiding,
dressing-down,
reproof,
castigation,
Translations
- British English:
lecture
A lecture is a talk that someone gives in order to teach people about a particular subject, usually at a university.We attended a lecture at the university.ˈlɛktʃə NOUN We attended a lecture at the university.
- Spanish:
conferencia
nf
- French:
cours
nm
- German:
Vortrag
nm Vorträge
- Chinese: 讲课 n
- Arabic: مُحَاضَرَةٌ n
- Portuguese: palestra nf
- Russian: лекция nf
- Croatian: predavanje nnt
- Czech: přednáška nf
- Danish: forelæsning nutr
- Dutch: lezing nf
- Finnish: luento n
- Greek: διάλεξη nf
- Italian: lezione nf
- Japanese: 講義 n
- Korean: 강의 n
- Norwegian: forelesning nm
- Polish: wykład nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: palestra nf
- European Spanish:
conferencia
nf
- Swedish: föreläsning nutr
- Thai: การบรรยาย n
- Turkish: ders n
- Vietnamese: bài giảng n
- British English:
lecture
If you lecture on a particular subject, you give a lecture or a series of lectures about it.He was then invited to lecture on the history of art.ˈlɛktʃə VERB He was then invited to lecture on the history of art.
- Spanish: dar una conferencia v
- French:
enseigner
vt
- German:
vortragen
v
- Chinese: 讲课 v
- Arabic: يُحَاضِرُ vi
- Portuguese: dar uma palestra v
- Russian: читать лекцию v
- Croatian: predavati v
- Czech: přednášet v
- Danish: forelæse v
- Dutch: lezing geven v
- Finnish: luennoida v
- Greek: δίνω διάλεξη v
- Italian: tenere conferenze v
- Japanese: 講義をする v
- Korean: 강의하다 v
- Norwegian: forelese v
- Polish: wyłożyć v wykładać
- Brazilian Portuguese: palestrar v
- European Spanish: dar una conferencia v
- Swedish: föreläsa v
- Thai: บรรยาย v
- Turkish: ders vermek v
- Vietnamese: giảng bài v
Usage examples
Ever since Connors had appeared to lecture her club on Yeats, he had been a sort of hero to her.
, Death of an Unknown Man (1987)This particular Genius Gold Rush is sparked by Jacques Derrida's annual spring lecture at the University of California, Irvine.
Globe and Mail (2003)Thousands of people were also expected to attend a lecture on secular ethics given by the Dalai Lama at Liverpool's Anglican cathedral.
Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2004)Instead, all the way to London, he gave her a long lecture on vernacular architecture in East Yorkshire.
, THE PAINTER (2003)