lecture

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: public lecture talk speech talking to lecturing call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof reprimand

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

a speech that is open to the public“he attended a lecture on telecommunications”Synonyms: public lecture talk
a lengthy rebuke“a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline”“the teacher gave him a talking to”Synonyms: speech talking to
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)Synonyms: lecturing

Verb (2)

deliver a lecture or talk“She will talk at Rutgers next week”“Did you ever lecture at Harvard?”Synonyms: 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”Synonyms: call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof reprimand jaw dress down call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lecture \Lec"ture\ (-t[-u]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.] [1913 Webster]

2.A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon. [1913 Webster]

3.A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority. [1913 Webster]

4.(Eng. Universities) A rehearsal of a lesson. [1913 Webster]

Lecture \Lec"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lectured (-t[-u]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lecturing.]

1.To read or deliver a lecture to. [1913 Webster]

2.To reprove formally and with authority. [1913 Webster]

Lecture \Lec"ture\, v. i. To deliver a lecture or lectures. [1913 Webster]