lecture

Meaning

Noun

1. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
2. (broadly) 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.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
2. (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.

Synonyms

speech

talk

🗣️

address

discourse

sermon

reprimand

lesson

scold

rebuke

berate

preach

report

admonish

preaching

chide

presentation

dress down

admonition

lecturing

reproof

chew up

chew out

talking to

bawl out

sermonize

reprove

lambaste

lambast

teach

remonstrate

instruct

rate

conference

harangue

rag

meeting

exposition

orate

explanation

exhortation

call down

oration

class

instruction

jaw

educate

edify

paper

reproach

teaching

Translations

conférence

Vorlesung

Vortrag

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conferencia

conferenza

διάλεξη

lezing

cours magistral

preleção

clase

lezione

spreekbeurt

voordracht

conferência

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lecture

In summary

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