lecture
verb/ˈlektʃə(r)/
/ˈlektʃər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lecture | /ˈlektʃə(r)/ /ˈlektʃər/ |
| he / she / it lectures | /ˈlektʃəz/ /ˈlektʃərz/ |
| past simple lectured | /ˈlektʃəd/ /ˈlektʃərd/ |
| past participle lectured | /ˈlektʃəd/ /ˈlektʃərd/ |
| -ing form lecturing | /ˈlektʃərɪŋ/ /ˈlektʃərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to give a talk or a series of talks to a group of people on a subject, especially as a way of teaching in a university or college
- He has taught and lectured at the University of Pretoria.
- lecture on something I lecture on Islamic history at Birkbeck College.
- lecture in something She lectures in Russian literature.
- lecture to somebody a live broadcast of the professor lecturing to students
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- [transitive] to criticize somebody or tell them how you think they should behave, especially when it is done in an annoying way
- lecture somebody Don’t start lecturing me!
- lecture somebody about/on something He's always lecturing me about the way I dress.
- lecture somebody about doing something She lectured me about taking responsibility for my actions.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘reading, a text to read’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin lectura, from Latin lect- ‘read, chosen’, from the verb legere.
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