1
: a discourse given before an audience or class especially for instruction
2
: a formal reproof
Synonyms
Examples of lecture in a Sentence
Noun
She's planning to give a series of lectures on modern art.
Several hundred people are expected to attend the lecture.
I came home late and got a lecture from my parents.
I gave her a lecture about doing better in school.
Verb
She lectures in art at the local college.
They lectured their children about the importance of honesty.
I lectured her about doing better in school.
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Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
The lecture will be free for members of the opera guild and JCC, and $10 for non-members.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Xi only recently returned from a three-nation tour of Europe, where European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron lectured him on the imperative to halt support for Putin’s war machine.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 May 2024
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Noun
Search for sea turtles, sea lions, and blue-footed boobies during the day, and spend the evening in the ship's hot tub or take in one of the nightly lectures by certified naturalists from the Galapagos National Park.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
The lecture will be free for members of the opera guild and JCC, and $10 for non-members.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
Verb
Paul Shechtman, a longtime New York defense lawyer who lectures at Yale Law School, said that unless there is evidence in a case pointing strongly toward a defendant’s spouse, a jury is unlikely to be sympathetic to an attempt to shift blame.
—Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Xi only recently returned from a three-nation tour of Europe, where European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron lectured him on the imperative to halt support for Putin’s war machine.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 May 2024
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“Lecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lecture. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
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lecture
1 of 2 noun
lec·ture
ˈlek-chər 
-shər
1
: a talk given before an audience or class especially for instruction
lecture
2 of 2 verb
lectured; lecturing
ˈlek-chə-riŋ
ˈlek-shriŋ
1
: to give a lecture or a series of lectures
2
: to instruct by lectures
3
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