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lecture en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈlek.t͡ʃə] (Australia)
  • [ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ] (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • /ˈlek.t͡ʃə/ (Australia)
  • /ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɹ̩] (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
    • During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture.
    • The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  2. (broadly) A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
    • Lecture notes are online.
    • We will not have lecture tomorrow.
  3. A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.
    • I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits.
  4. (obsolete) The act of reading.
    • the lecture of Holy Scripture

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lectures Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

belecture · postlecture · nonlecture · curtain lecture · lecture bottle · lecturous · lecture hall · lecturee · lecturize · lecturess · lecture theatre · minilecture · telelecture · lecturesome · lecturette · lectureship · prelecture · lecturelike · microlecture

Relateds

acroamatic

Synonyms

berating · sermon · chockling · scolding · dressing down · chiding · browbeating · going over · rixation · correption · down the banks · sermon · lecture · dirdum · throughgoing · going over · jawing · dressing down · objurgation

Translations (91)

hi लेक्चर (a spoken lesson) · pdt Väadrach (a spoken lesson) · nrf conféthence (a spoken lesson) · th การบรรยาย (a spoken lesson) · sl predavanje (a spoken lesson) · pt conferência (a spoken lesson) · de Vorlesung (a spoken lesson) · mk предавање (a spoken lesson) · ka ლექცია (a spoken lesson) · ota درس (a spoken lesson) · oc cors (a spoken lesson) · pl prelekcja (a spoken lesson) · mn лекц (a spoken lesson) · it conferenza (a spoken lesson) · es aleccionamiento (a spoken lesson) · ky лекция (a spoken lesson) · nl college (a spoken lesson) · ug لېكسىيە (a spoken lesson) · pt palestra (a spoken lesson) · fa محاضره (a spoken lesson) · nn førelesing (a spoken lesson) · tg муҳозара (a spoken lesson) · nl lezing (a spoken lesson) · hy դասախոսություն (a spoken lesson) · it lezione (a spoken lesson) · pl wykład (a spoken lesson) · is fyrirlestur (a spoken lesson) · ca conferència (a spoken lesson) · eo prelego (a spoken lesson) · mi kauhau (a spoken lesson) · ky дарыс (a spoken lesson) · be ле́кцыя (a spoken lesson) · te ఉపన్యాసం (a spoken lesson) · fr cours magistral (a spoken lesson) · de Vortrag (a spoken lesson) · yi לעקציע (a spoken lesson) · eo lekcio (a spoken lesson) · ja 講義 (a spoken lesson) · oc lectura (a spoken lesson) · kk лекция (a spoken lesson) · az məruzə (a spoken lesson) · sv föreläsning (a spoken lesson) · fr conférence (a spoken lesson) · af lesing (a spoken lesson) · ar مُحَاضَرَة (a spoken lesson) · tr ders (a spoken lesson) · az mühazirə (a spoken lesson) · ru уро́к (a spoken lesson) · et loeng (a spoken lesson) · ko 강의 (a spoken lesson) · ro conferință (a spoken lesson) · lo ການປະທະກະຖາ (a spoken lesson) · nn forelesning (a spoken lesson) · id kuliah (a spoken lesson) · el διάλεξη (a spoken lesson) · lt paskaita (a spoken lesson) · sh преда́ва̄ње (a spoken lesson) · tg суханрони (a spoken lesson) · cs přednáška (a spoken lesson) · uz leksiya (a spoken lesson) · es lectivo (a spoken lesson) · nb forelesning (a spoken lesson) · th บรรยาย (a spoken lesson) · da forelæsning (a spoken lesson) · sk prednáška (a spoken lesson) · nb foredrag (a spoken lesson) · ga léacht (a spoken lesson) · fa سخنرانی (a spoken lesson) · ro curs (a spoken lesson) · tg маърӯза (a spoken lesson) · fi luento (a spoken lesson) · mn илтгэл (a spoken lesson) · mi kauwhau (a spoken lesson) · bn সবক (a spoken lesson) · lo ປາຖະກະຖາ (a spoken lesson) · lv lekcija (a spoken lesson) · alt лекция (a spoken lesson) · nn foredrag (a spoken lesson) · sq leksion (a spoken lesson) · dsb cytanje (a spoken lesson) · hu előadás (a spoken lesson) · ru докла́д (a spoken lesson) · sh predávānje (a spoken lesson) · ru ле́кция (a spoken lesson) · cmn 演講 /演讲 (a spoken lesson) · tr konferans (a spoken lesson) · bg ле́кция (a spoken lesson) · vi bài giảng (a spoken lesson) · th เล็กเชอร์ (a spoken lesson) · he הַרְצָאָה (a spoken lesson) · uk ле́кція (a spoken lesson)

wikipedia: Singapore Management University

lecture en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • [ˈlek.t͡ʃə] (Australia)
  • [ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ] (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • /ˈlek.t͡ʃə/ (Australia)
  • /ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ/ (New-Zealand)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɹ̩] (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
  • /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
    • The professor lectured to two classes this morning.
  2. (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.
    • The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners. 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
    • Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.

Forms

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lectured Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lectured Tense=Past lexicographic
lecturing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lectures Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

lecturer · unlectured · lect.

Relateds

lesson · lection · acroamatic · analects · lectern

Translations (71)

eo lekcii (to teach) · ru преподава́ть (to teach) · es sermonear (to berate, to scold) · tr haşlamak (to berate, to scold) · hu előad (to teach) · ca alliçonar (to teach) · ca impartir (to teach) · fr donner des leçons (to berate, to scold) · mi kauwhau (to teach) · mi kauhau (to teach) · fr donner une conférence (to teach) · fi luennoida (to teach) · es amonestar (to berate, to scold) · hu megfedd (to berate, to scold) · sv läxa upp (to berate, to scold) · tr fırça atmak (to berate, to scold) · cs poučovat (to berate, to scold) · ca donar un curs (to teach) · it sgridare (to berate, to scold) · pt palestrar (to teach) · fr gronder (to berate, to scold) · hu oktat (to teach) · es reprehender (to berate, to scold) · bg изнасям лекция (to teach) · cmn 训斥 (to berate, to scold) · el κατσαδιάζω (to berate, to scold) · hy դասախոսություն կարդալ (to teach) · fi läksyttää (to berate, to scold) · es dar lecciones (to berate, to scold) · id menguliahi (to teach) · fr faire la leçon (to berate, to scold) · fr donner un cours magistral (to teach) · hu megleckéztet (to berate, to scold) · ru отчи́тывать (to berate, to scold) · pl wykładać (to teach) · hu tanít (to teach) · bg мъмря (to berate, to scold) · de Vorlesung halten (to teach) · nb skjenne (to berate, to scold) · it richiamare (to berate, to scold) · es dictar (to teach) · hu megró (to berate, to scold) · ru выгова́ривать (to berate, to scold) · ru отчи́та́ть (to berate, to scold) · ru чита́ть нота́ции (to berate, to scold) · hu megdorgál (to berate, to scold) · ca dictar (to teach) · sv mästra (to berate, to scold) · hu megpirongat (to berate, to scold) · it insegnare (to teach) · hy դասախոսել (to teach) · hu leckéztet (to berate, to scold) · da forelæse (to teach) · mk предава (to teach) · hu prédikál (to berate, to scold) · cs přednášet (to teach) · hu megmossa a fejét (to berate, to scold) · tr ders anlatmak (to teach) · nb irettesette (to berate, to scold) · it fare la predica (to berate, to scold) · ru чита́ть ле́кцию (to teach) · mk одр́жува ле́кција (to berate, to scold) · fr faire la morale (to berate, to scold) · id kuliah (to teach) · es impartir (to teach) · hu rendreutasít (to berate, to scold) · es aleccionar (to teach) · nb forelese (to teach) · el δίνω διάλεξη (to teach) · hu megint (to berate, to scold) · sv föredra (to teach)

wikipedia: Singapore Management University