Meaning

A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group..

Definitions by Sense

1. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
2. (by extension) A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
3. A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.
4. (obsolete) The act of reading.
5. (ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
6. (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.

Example Sentences

During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture.

The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

We will not have lecture tomorrow.

Lecture notes are online.

I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits.

the lecture of Holy Scripture

The professor lectured to two classes this morning.

Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.

Word Forms

• lectures
• lecturing
• lectured

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When Should You Use Lecture?

Use lecture when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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