| 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" |
| text | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ column | a page or text that is vertically divided.; "the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject"; "the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns" |
| ~ matter | written works (especially in books or magazines).; "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" |
| ~ cookie | a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site. |
| ~ word order | the order of words in a text. |
| ~ written matter, copy | matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials. |
| ~ draft copy, draft | any of the various versions in the development of a written work.; "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution" |
| ~ electronic text | text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen. |
| ~ instalment, installment | a part of a published serial. |
| ~ book | a major division of a long written composition.; "the book of Isaiah" |
| ~ chapter | a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled.; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep" |
| ~ foreword, preface, prolusion | a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book. |
| ~ paragraph | one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line. |
| ~ passage | a section of text; particularly a section of medium length. |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| ~ letter, missive | a written message addressed to a person or organization.; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" |
| ~ line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen.; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" |
| ~ lipogram | a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet. |
| ~ lyric, words, language | the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number.; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" |
| ~ stanza | a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem. |
| n. (communication) | 2. text | a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon.; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon" |
| ~ passage | a section of text; particularly a section of medium length. |
| ~ bible, christian bible, good book, holy scripture, holy writ, scripture, word of god, book, word | the sacred writings of the Christian religions.; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" |
| n. (communication) | 3. school text, schoolbook, text, text edition, textbook | a book prepared for use in schools or colleges.; "his economics textbook is in its tenth edition"; "the professor wrote the text that he assigned students to buy" |
| ~ book | a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).; "I am reading a good book on economics" |
| ~ crammer | a textbook designed for cramming. |
| ~ introduction | a basic or elementary instructional text. |
| ~ primer | an introductory textbook. |
| ~ reader | one of a series of texts for students learning to read. |
| n. (communication) | 4. text | the main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.).; "pictures made the text easier to understand" |
| ~ matter | written works (especially in books or magazines).; "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" |
| word | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify.; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
| ~ language unit, linguistic unit | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed. |
| ~ anagram | a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. |
| ~ anaphor | a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent. |
| ~ antonym, opposite, opposite word | a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other.; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'" |
| ~ back-formation | a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it. |
| ~ charade | a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades. |
| ~ cognate word, cognate | a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language. |
| ~ content word, open-class word | a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned. |
| ~ contraction | a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds.; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'" |
| ~ deictic, deictic word | a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs.; "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message" |
| ~ derivative | (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word.; "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'" |
| ~ diminutive | a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness. |
| ~ dirty word | a word that is considered to be unmentionable.; "`failure' is a dirty word to him" |
| ~ dissyllable, disyllable | a word having two syllables. |
| ~ descriptor, form, signifier, word form | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something.; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" |
| ~ four-letter anglo-saxon word, four-letter word | any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive. |
| ~ closed-class word, function word | a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning. |
| ~ guide word, guideword, catchword | a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page. |
| ~ head word, head | (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent. |
| ~ headword | a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry). |
| ~ heteronym | two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation.; "the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym" |
| ~ holonym, whole name | a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part.; "`hat' is a holonym for `brim' and `crown'" |
| ~ homonym | two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings. |
| ~ hypernym, superordinate word, superordinate | a word that is more generic than a given word. |
| ~ hyponym, subordinate word, subordinate | a word that is more specific than a given word. |
| ~ key word | a significant word used in indexing or cataloging. |
| ~ hybrid, loan-blend, loanblend | a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root). |
| ~ loanword, loan | a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English. |
| ~ meronym, part name | a word that names a part of a larger whole.; "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'" |
| ~ metonym | a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing.; "Washington is a metonym for the United States government"; "plastic is a metonym for credit card" |
| ~ monosyllabic word, monosyllable | a word or utterance of one syllable. |
| ~ neologism, neology, coinage | a newly invented word or phrase. |
| ~ hapax legomenon, nonce word | a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion. |
| ~ oxytone | word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable. |
| ~ palindrome | a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward. |
| ~ primitive | a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms.; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived" |
| ~ paroxytone | word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable. |
| ~ partitive | word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole. |
| ~ polysemant, polysemantic word, polysemous word | a word having more than one meaning. |
| ~ polysyllabic word, polysyllable | a word of more than three syllables. |
| ~ proparoxytone | word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult. |
| ~ quantifier | (grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many'). |
| ~ logical quantifier, quantifier | (logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition. |
| ~ reduplication | a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word). |
| ~ retronym | a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate.; "Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so `analog clock' is a retronym" |
| ~ substantive | any word or group of words functioning as a noun. |
| ~ equivalent word, synonym | two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context. |
| ~ term | a word or expression used for some particular thing.; "he learned many medical terms" |
| ~ nomenclature, terminology, language | a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline.; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology" |
| ~ trisyllable | a word having three syllables. |
| ~ manner name, troponym | a word that denotes a manner of doing something.; "`march' is a troponym of `walk'" |
| ~ spoken word, vocable | a word that is spoken aloud. |
| ~ syllable | a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme.; "the word `pocket' has two syllables" |
| ~ affix | a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form. |
| ~ classifier | a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs. |
| ~ written word | the written form of a word.; "while the spoken word stands for something, the written word stands for something that stands for something"; "a craftsman of the written word" |
| ~ syncategorem, syncategoreme | a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition.; "logical quantifiers, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions are called syncategoremes" |
| n. (communication) | 2. word | a brief statement.; "he didn't say a word about it" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| n. (communication) | 3. intelligence, news, tidings, word | information about recent and important events.; "they awaited news of the outcome" |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| ~ good word | good news. |
| ~ latest | the most recent news or development.; "have you heard the latest?" |
| ~ update | news that updates your information. |
| n. (communication) | 4. word | a verbal command for action.; "when I give the word, charge!" |
| ~ order | (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed.; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London" |
| n. (communication) | 5. discussion, give-and-take, word | an exchange of views on some topic.; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" |
| ~ oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, language, speech | (language) communication by word of mouth.; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" |
| ~ argumentation, debate, argument | a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal.; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" |
| ~ deliberation | (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question.; "the deliberations of the jury" |
| ~ group discussion, conference | a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic. |
| ~ panel discussion | discussion of a subject of public interest by a group of persons forming a panel usually before an audience. |
| ~ post-mortem, postmortem | discussion of an event after it has occurred. |
| ~ public discussion, ventilation | free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest.; "such a proposal deserves thorough public discussion" |
| ~ negotiation, talks, dialogue | a discussion intended to produce an agreement.; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians" |
| n. (communication) | 6. parole, word, word of honor | a promise.; "he gave his word" |
| ~ promise | a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future. |
| n. (quantity) | 7. word | a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory.; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long" |
| ~ computer memory unit | a unit for measuring computer memory. |
| ~ byte | a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information. |
| ~ kib, kibibyte, kilobyte, kb, k | a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes. |
| n. (person) | 8. logos, son, word | the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus). |
| ~ messiah | Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer. |
| ~ hypostasis of christ, hypostasis | any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united. |
| ~ christ, deliverer, good shepherd, jesus, jesus christ, jesus of nazareth, redeemer, savior, saviour, the nazarene | a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29). |
| n. (communication) | 9. countersign, parole, password, watchword, word | a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group.; "he forgot the password" |
| ~ arcanum, secret | information known only to a special group.; "the secret of Cajun cooking" |
| ~ positive identification | evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance.; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people" |
| n. (communication) | 10. bible, book, christian bible, good book, holy scripture, holy writ, scripture, word, word of god | the sacred writings of the Christian religions.; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" |
| ~ religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing | writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity. |
| ~ family bible | a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births. |
| ~ vulgate | the Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church. |
| ~ douay-rheims bible, douay-rheims version, douay bible, douay version, rheims-douay bible, rheims-douay version | an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars. |
| ~ authorized version, king james bible, king james version | an English translation of the Bible published in 1611. |
| ~ revised version | a British revision of the Authorized Version. |
| ~ new english bible | a modern English version of the Bible and Apocrypha. |
| ~ american revised version, american standard version | a revised version of the King James Version. |
| ~ revised standard version | a revision of the American Standard Version. |
| ~ old testament | the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible. |
| ~ testament | either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible. |
| ~ new testament | the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible. |
| ~ covenant | (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return. |
| ~ eisegesis | personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas. |
| ~ exegesis | an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible). |
| ~ text | a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon.; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon" |
| ~ gabriel | (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God. |
| ~ noachian deluge, noah's flood, noah and the flood, the flood | (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings. |
| ~ demythologise, demythologize | remove the mythical element from (writings).; "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value" |
| v. (communication) | 11. articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase, word | put into words or an expression.; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" |
| ~ ask | direct or put; seek an answer to.; "ask a question" |
| ~ evince, express, show | give expression to.; "She showed her disappointment" |
| ~ lexicalise, lexicalize | make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language.; "The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English" |
| ~ dogmatise, dogmatize | state as a dogma. |
| ~ formularise, formularize | express as a formula. |
| ~ couch, redact, put, frame, cast | formulate in a particular style or language.; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language" |
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