lecture

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lecture Definition

• (n) a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
• (n) a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father''s idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
• (n) teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
• (v) deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
• (v) 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"

lecture Synonyms

• bawl out
• berate
• call down
• call on the carpet
• chew out
• chew up
• chide
• dress down
• have words
• jaw
• lambast
• lambaste
• lecture
• lecturing
• public lecture
• rag
• rebuke
• remonstrate
• reprimand
• reproof
• scold
• speech
• talk
• talking to
• trounce