Definition of lecture
Nouns
a speech that is open to the public
"he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
- Synonyms:
- public lecture, talk
a lengthy rebuke
"a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"
- Synonyms:
- speech, talking to
- Types:
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preaching, sermon
a moralistic rebuke
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curtain lecture
a private lecture to a husband by his wife
- Type of:
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rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval
an act or expression of criticism and censure
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
- Synonyms:
- lecturing
- Types:
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talk
the act of giving a talk to an audience
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chalk talk
a talk that uses a blackboard and chalk
- Type of:
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instruction, pedagogy, teaching
the profession of a teacher
Verbs
deliver a lecture or talk
"Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
- Synonyms:
- talk
- Types:
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preach, prophesy
deliver a sermon
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evangelise, evangelize
preach the gospel (to)
censure severely or angrily
- Synonyms:
- bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce
- Types:
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castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate
censure severely
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flame
criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
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brush down, tell off
reprimand
- Type of:
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criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
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