LECTURE

LEC ·TU ·RE 2 syllables

B1 · Intermediate 📏 7 letters 🎲 Scrabble 9 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. a speech that is open to the public
  2. a lengthy rebuke
  3. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

💬 Examples

  • "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
  • "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"
  • "the teacher gave him a talking to"

🔗 Similar words

public_lecturetalkspeechtalking_tolecturing
verb
  1. deliver a lecture or talk
  2. censure severely or angrily

💬 Examples

  • "She will talk at Rutgers next week"
  • "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
  • "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
  • "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

🔗 Similar words

talkcall_on_the_carpettake_to_taskrebukeragtrounce
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