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English to English noun
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a speech that is open to the public |  | Example: he attended a lecture on telecommunications
source: wordnet30
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a lengthy rebuke |  | Example: a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline the teacher gave him a talking to
source: wordnet30
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teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) |  | source: wordnet30
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The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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deliver a lecture or talk |  | Example: She will talk at Rutgers next week Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
source: wordnet30
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censure severely or angrily |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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To read or deliver a lecture to. |  | source: webster1913
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To deliver a lecture or lectures. |  | source: webster1913
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