lecture
/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/ verb C2- To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic. · The professor lectured to two classes this morning.
- To preach, to berate, to scold. · Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.
He/she/it lectures · Past lectured · Past participle lectured · -ing form lecturing
Verb forms
- Base form
- lecture
- He/she/it
- lectures
- Past
- lectured
- Past participle
- lectured
- -ing form
- lecturing
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de Monte Cristo once gave me a lecture on that subject, which I have never forgotten.
Just yesterday, our communications engineer delivered a brilliant lecture on the theoretical applications of quantum computing.
In October 1920, while preparing a lecture, he read an article about the pancreas and, according to a story he often told, woke in the middle of the night to write down an idea.
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