lecture

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  1. noun An exposition of a given subject delivered before an audience or a class, as for the purpose of instruction.
  2. noun An earnest admonition or reproof; a reprimand.
  3. intransitive verb To deliver a lecture or series of lectures.

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  • Sometimes—for the lecture was a famous one—members of other colleges came in; Sidney Herbert , of Oriel, in particular, is remembered; and if Robert Lowe , of University, was only occasionally seen, it must have been because he seldom went abroad till twilight. —  My Life as an Author
  • The bulk of the lecture was about the 2003 study's findings. —  Local News | The Bryan College Station Eagle
  • Tickets for the lecture are available now at the university's Sarratt Student Center box office or any Ticketmaster outlet. —  Tennessean.com Ashland City Times
  • The first part of the lecture is the substance of an essay which was read by the author before the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, intended as a defence of the general principles of the system of Dr. Brown, whose pupil he then was. —  A Lecture on the Preservation of Health
  • Sometimes--for the lecture was a famous one--members of other colleges came in; Sidney Herbert_, of Oriel, in particular, is remembered; and if Robert Lowe_, of University, was only occasionally seen, it must have been because he seldom went abroad till twilight Altogether "there were giants in those days;" and, without controversy, a casual class, containing more than a score of such; illustrious names as are here registered, must be memorable. —  My Life as an Author
 

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  1. Middle English, a reading, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lēctūra, from Latin lēctus, past participle of legere, to read; see leg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French lecture = Spanish lectura Portuguese leitura = Italian lettura, from Middle Latin lectura, a reading, a lecture, from Latin lectura, feminine of future participle of legere, read: see legend.
  2. from lecture, n.
 

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