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lecture

lec·ture

UK/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ US/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ common
noun (3) verb (2)

noun

1.

a speech that is open to the public

  • “he attended a lecture on telecommunications”
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2.

a lengthy rebuke

  • “a good lecture was my father”
  • “;”
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3.

teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

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verb

1.

deliver a lecture or talk

  • “She will talk at Rutgers next week”
  • “Did you ever lecture at Harvard?”
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2.

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • curtain lecture
  • lecture bottle
  • lecture hall
  • lecture theatre

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