lecture

lec|ture¹ W3S3 [ˈlektʃə US -ər] n

[Date: 1200-1300; : Late Latin; Origin: lectura 'act of reading', from Latin legere 'to read']

1.) a long talk on a particular subject that someone gives to a group of people, especially to students in a university

→↑speech lecture on/about

▪ a lecture on medieval art

▪ a series of lectures about the British legal system

give/deliver a lecture

▪ He regularly gives lectures on modern French literature.

go to/attend a lecture

▪ Very few students ever attended his lectures.

lecture hall/theatre/room

2.) an act of criticizing someone or warning them about something in a long, serious talk, in a way that they think is unfair or unnecessary

lecture on/about

▪ My father caught me and gave me a long lecture about the dangers of drink.

lecture ²

lecture² v

1.) [T]

to talk angrily or seriously to someone in order to criticize or warn them, in a way that they think is unfair or unnecessary

▪ I wish you'd stop lecturing me!

lecture sb about/on sth

▪ He began to lecture us about making too much noise.

2.) [I]

to talk to a group of people on a particular subject, especially to students in a university

lecture on

▪ He lectures on European art at Manchester University.