lecture meaning and definition

LECTURE noun

Definition of lecture (noun)

1. a speech that is open to the public
   • "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
   • synonyms: public lecture, talk
2. a lengthy rebuke
   • "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
   • synonyms: speech, talking to
3. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
   • synonyms: lecturing

LECTURE verb

Definition of lecture (verb)

1. deliver a lecture or talk
   • "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
   • synonyms: talk
2. 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"
   • synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce