lecture

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A talk that teaches something, usually given to a class or audience.

   The professor gave an interesting lecture on climate change.

2. 2
   noun

   A long, serious warning or telling-off.

   My dad gave me a lecture about my bad eating habits.

3. 3
   verb

   To teach by giving a talk on a subject.

   She lectures in history at the university.

4. 4
   verb

   To scold someone at length.

   Her father lectured her about coming home late.

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Simplified etymology

Lecture entered English in the Middle English period with the sense “something read.” It ultimately derives from Latin legere “to read,” the same source associated with legend, legible, and lesson.

From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“to read, recite”). Doublet of lector.

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