lecture

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

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1
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
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.
2
A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
We will not have lecture tomorrow.
Lecture notes are online.
3
A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.
I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits.
4
obsolèteThe act of reading.
the lecture of Holy Scripture

Étymologie

From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“to read, recite”). Doublet of lector.

verbe

1
To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
The professor lectured to two classes this morning.
2
To preach, to berate, to scold.
Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.
The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.

Formes

pluriel: lectures
passé: lectured
participe passé: lectured
participe présent: lecturing
3ᵉ personne du singulier: lectures

leave · To have a consequence or remnant. To cause or allow…Lebanon · A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name:…Lebeau · A surname from French.

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

lecturing · The act of delivering a lecture or harangue.led · Under somebody's control or leadership.ledge · A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff,…

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