lecture
/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/ noun B1- A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group. · During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture.
- A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university. · We will not have lecture tomorrow.· Lecture notes are online.
- A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner. · I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits.
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My doctor lectures me about never going out, but why should I go out when I have so much to hold me here?
de Monte Cristo once gave me a lecture on that subject, which I have never forgotten.
When students type notes on a laptop, they often transcribe lectures verbatim without genuinely processing the underlying concepts and complex ideas.
Just yesterday, our communications engineer delivered a brilliant lecture on the theoretical applications of quantum computing.
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