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A lecture in progress at theSingapore Management University

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishlecture,lectour,letture,letteur,lettur,lectury, fromMedieval Latin orLate Latinlectura(reading), fromLatinlectus, past participle oflegō(I read, I recite).

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lecture (plurallectures)

  1. Aspokenlesson orexposition, usually delivered to agroup.
    During class today the professor delivered an interestinglecture.
  2. (by extension) Aclass that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
    We will not havelecture tomorrow.
    Lecture notes are online.
  3. Aberating orscolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in astern or angry manner.
    I really don't want you to give me alecture about my bad eating habits.
  4. (obsolete) The act ofreading.
    thelecture of Holy Scripture

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a spoken lesson
spielseespiel

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lecture (third-person singular simple presentlectures,present participlelecturing,simple past and past participlelectured)

  1. (ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving aspeech on a given topic.
    The professorlectured to two classes this morning.
  2. (transitive) Topreach, toberate, toscold.
    Emily's fatherlectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.
    • 2013 June 7,Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume188, number26, page18:
      The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Havinglectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.

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to teach
to berate, to scold

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLate Latinlēctūra, feminine of ClassicalLatinlēctūrus.

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lecture f (plurallectures)

  1. reading(act or process of reading, interpretation, material read, and some other senses)
    redonner à quelqu’un le goût de lalectureto rekindle the love of reading
  2. playback(the replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images)
    appareil delectureplayback device
  3. play(an instance of watching or listening to digital media)

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lēctūre

  1. vocativemasculinesingular oflēctūrus
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