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lecture
noun
a
talk
on
a
subject
,
especially
one
given
to
students
to
teach
them
something
•
Professor
Kim
delivered
an
engaging
lecture
on
volcanoes
to
the
class
.
Professor
Kim
delivered
an
engaging
lecture
on
volcanoes
to
the
class
.
•
Students
hurried
across
campus
so
they
wouldn
’
t
miss
the
morning
lecture
on
world
history
.
Students
hurried
across
campus
so
they
wouldn
’
t
miss
the
morning
lecture
on
world
history
.
Late
Middle
English
from
Latin
‘
lectura
’
meaning
‘
reading
’.
Originally
‘
a
reading
aloud
’,
it
later
came
to
mean
‘
an
educational
talk
’.
verb
-
lecture
,
lecturing
,
lectures
,
lectured
to
give
a
formal
talk
in
order
to
teach
people
about
a
subject
•
Dr
.
Singh
lectures
on
astrophysics
every
Thursday
afternoon
.
Dr
.
Singh
lectures
on
astrophysics
every
Thursday
afternoon
.
•
Next
semester
,
she
will
lecture
at
the
medical
school
in
Paris
.
Next
semester
,
she
will
lecture
at
the
medical
school
in
Paris
.
From
Latin
‘
lectura
’
through
Old
French
‘
lecture
’;
verb
use
recorded
from
the
early
16th
century
meaning
‘
to
read
publicly
’,
later
‘
to
teach
by
talk
’.
noun
a
long
serious
talk
in
which
someone
scolds
or
criticizes
another
person
for
wrongdoing
•
Mom
gave
me
a
stern
lecture
about
staying
out
too
late
.
Mom
gave
me
a
stern
lecture
about
staying
out
too
late
.
•
After
breaking
the
vase
,
the
child
expected
a
long
lecture
from
his
father
.
After
breaking
the
vase
,
the
child
expected
a
long
lecture
from
his
father
.
Sense
shifted
in
the
19th
century
to
mean
‘
reprimand
’
by
metaphorical
extension
from
the
idea
of
a
teacher
talking
at
length
to
correct
mistakes
.
verb
-
lecture
,
lecturing
,
lectures
,
lectured
to
talk
angrily
or
seriously
to
someone
in
order
to
scold
or
warn
them
•
The
coach
lectured
the
players
for
arriving
late
to
practice
.
The
coach
lectured
the
players
for
arriving
late
to
practice
.
•
Please
don
’
t
lecture
me
—
I
already
apologized
for
the
mistake
.
Please
don
’
t
lecture
me
—
I
already
apologized
for
the
mistake
.
Extended
figurative
use
from
the
noun
‘
lecture
’
in
the
sense
of
a
long
moralizing
talk
.
