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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a formal instructional talk given in front of an audience.
Our music professor gave us an interesting lecture on the development of jazz.We're going up to the university tonight to hear a lecture.He's well-known for giving lengthy and boring lectures to his classes.- synonyms:
- talk
- similar words:
- address, discourse, discussion, disquisition, oration, speech
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| definition 2: |
a lengthy speech given to warn or scold another, esp. about behavior.
Her mother gave her a lecture about dressing appropriately.He got a lecture from his father when he came home at two in the morning.- synonyms:
- sermon
- similar words:
- admonition, censure, homily, rebuke, remonstrance, reprimand, reproach, reproof
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| related words: |
class, course, monologue |
adjective + (n.)lecture
boring, brief, conventional, distinguished, dull, formal, inaugural, informal, introductory, invited, numerous, occasional, plenary, recorded, stern, traditional, weekly
verb + (n.)lecture
accompany, adapt, attend, consist, deliver, feature, give, host, interrupt, listen, present, record, sponsor, supplement, videotape
(n.)lecture
+ verb
entitle, exhibit, publish, rate, title
noun + (n.)lecture
attendance,
campus,
classroom,
concert,
content,
essay,
ethics,
exhibit,
exhibition,
faculty,
guest,
hike,
instruction,
instructor,
keynote,
learning,
orientation,
photography,
professor,
publication,
reading,
reception,
schedule,
semester,
slide,
teaching,
textbook,
undergraduate
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
lectures, lecturing, lectured |
| definition: |
to present a lecture.
The archaeologist lectured about his recent find in Turkey.- synonyms:
- speak, talk
- similar words:
- discourse, expound
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| related words: |
preach |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to warn or rebuke, usu. at length.
He's a good kid; why are you always lecturing him?- synonyms:
- sermonize
- similar words:
- admonish, censure, exhort, lesson, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand
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| related words: |
address, preach, scold |
adverb + (v.)lecture
constantly, frequently, mainly, sternly
(v.)lecture
+ adverb
extensively, internationally, widely
(v.)lecture
+ noun
audience, class, college, crowd, importance, minute, subject, topic
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The word lecture
contains the following parts:
leg2, lect1, lig
Latin
root
that means gather; choose; read
  Example words:
collect, elect, election, eligibility, eligible, illegible, ineligible, lectern, lecture, legend, legible, neglect, select
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, armature, capture, closure, composure, conjecture, debenture, denture, disclosure, displeasure, enclosure, enrapture, erasure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, indenture, juncture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, nomenclature, picture, posture, pressure, primogeniture, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, stricture, structure, superstructure, tenure, texture, torture, verdure
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