| lecture | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. lecture, public lecture, talk | a speech that is open to the public.; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" |
| ~ speech, address | the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience.; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets" |
| n. (communication) | 2. lecture, speech, talking to | a lengthy rebuke.; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" |
| ~ rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval | an act or expression of criticism and censure.; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" |
| ~ preaching, sermon | a moralistic rebuke.; "your preaching is wasted on him" |
| ~ curtain lecture | a private lecture to a husband by his wife. |
| n. (act) | 3. lecture, lecturing | teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class). |
| ~ course, course of instruction, course of study, class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings.; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" |
| ~ teaching, pedagogy, instruction | the profession of a teacher.; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession" |
| ~ lecture demonstration | presentation of an example of what the lecturer is discoursing about. |
| ~ talk | the act of giving a talk to an audience.; "I attended an interesting talk on local history" |
| v. (communication) | 4. lecture, talk | deliver a lecture or talk.; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" |
| ~ preach, prophesy | deliver a sermon.; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday" |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| v. (communication) | 5. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce | 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" |
| ~ castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct | censure severely.; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" |
| ~ brush down, tell off | reprimand.; "She told the misbehaving student off" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
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