lecture en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈlek.t͡ʃə] (Australia)
- [ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ] (New-Zealand)
- /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/ (Canadian, General-American, Standard)
- /ˈlek.t͡ʃə/ (Australia)
- /ˈle̝k.t͡ʃɘ/ (New-Zealand)
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- [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
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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:
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(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.
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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.
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(obsolete) The act of reading.
the lecture of Holy Scripture
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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)