lecture : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lecture	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for lecture
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lecture n a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" Synonym(s): lecture, public lecture, talk a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" Synonym(s): lecture, speech, talking to teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) Synonym(s): lecture, lecturing v deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" Synonym(s): lecture, talk 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" Synonym(s): call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lecture \Lec"ture\ (-t[usl]r; 135), n. [F. lecture, LL. lectura, fr. L. legere, lectum, to read. See {Legend}.] 1. The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture. [Obs.] 2. A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon. 3. A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority. 4. (Eng. Universities) A rehearsal of a lesson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lecture \Lec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lectured} (-t[usl]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lecturing}.] 1. To read or deliver a lecture to. 2. To reprove formally and with authority.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lecture \Lec"ture\, v. i. To deliver a lecture or lectures.