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/lˈɛktʃər/ Listen

noun

Lecture n.

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture. (Obs.)

A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.

A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.

(Eng. Universities) A rehearsal of a lesson.

verb

Lecture v. t. (past & past part. lectured; pres. part. lecturing)

To read or deliver a lecture to.

To reprove formally and with authority.

Lecture v. i. To deliver a lecture or lectures.

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Etymology of 'Lecture'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Lecture" Quotes from Famous Books

... sudden apparition of Mrs. Wilkinson than her husband had been. He remained only a few moments after they retired. Then he turned his steps again homeward, with a clearer head and heavier heart than when he refused to enter, in fear of what he called a "curtain lecture." ...

— The Two Wives - or, Lost and Won • T. S. Arthur

... Martin. I shall know nothing about it officially until you come before me to-morrow, and I'll read you a severe lecture in addition to fining you. You can come to me for a subscription afterwards. Good-bye, Mr. Smith: good luck. I sincerely hope you'll find your friends safe and sound. Give my kind regards to ...

— Round the World in Seven Days • Herbert Strang

... a victim to incorrigible merriment. "Mamma tried to say yes, and COULDN'T! She swallowed and squealed—I mean you coughed, dear! And then, papa, she said that you and she had promised to go to a lecture at the Emerson Club to-night, but that her daughter would be delighted to come to the Big Show! So there I am, and there's Mr. Jim Sheridan—and there's ...

— The Turmoil - A Novel • Booth Tarkington

... banquet, and who slept away the greater part of his existence; and with a mother who divided her affections between a disagreeable poodle and a still more disagreeable priest—a priest who took upon himself to lecture the demoiselle ...

— Charlotte's Inheritance • M. E. Braddon

... described rather the gentleman-usher to a puritan's wife, than the follower of an ambitious courtier! Yes, such a thing as thou wouldst make of me should wear a book at his girdle instead of a poniard, and might just be suspected of manhood enough to squire a proud dame-citizen to the lecture at Saint Antonlin's, and quarrel in her cause with any flat-capped threadmaker that would take the wall of her. He must ruffle it in another sort that would walk to ...

— Kenilworth • Sir Walter Scott

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