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lecture

/ lecture /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
Type of:
teaching instruction pedagogy
Kinds of:
talk
Has parts:
course course of study course of instruction
Derived:
talk
noun Sense 2
a lengthy rebuke
"a good lecture was my father''s idea of discipline"
"the teacher gave him a talking to"
Type of:
rebuke reproof reproval
Kinds of:
sermon preaching curtain lecture
Derived:
speechify call on the carpet rebuke rag trounce
noun Sense 3
a speech that is open to the public
"he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
Type of:
address speech
Derived:
talk
verb Sense 4
deliver a lecture or talk
"She will talk at Rutgers next week"
"Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
Type of:
teach learn instruct
Kinds of:
preach prophesy
Derived:
public lecture talk speaker talker utterer
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
verb Sense 5
censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger''s car"
"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Type of:
knock criticize criticise
Kinds of:
chastise castigate objurgate chasten correct
Derived:
chiding scolding objurgation tongue-lashing scold
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
60%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
45
Times Searched
2
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teaching instruction pedagogy talk rebuke reproof reproval sermon preaching curtain lecture address speech