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lecture

Noun feminine CEFR B2 Frequent

ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə

Definitions

Lecture, presentation.
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
broadly
To deliver a lecture or series of lectures.
A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.
A usually formal oral communication to an audience:address, allocution, declamation, oration, prelection, speech, talk.
The act of reading.
obsolete
To talk to an audience formally:address, prelect, speak.
to give a lecture. He lectures on Roman Art; She lectured him on good behaviour. les gee, lesing gee يُقَدِّمُ مُحاضَرَه чета лекция ensinar přednášet einen Vortrag/Vorlesung halten forelæse; irettesætte δίνω διαλέξη, κάνω κήρυγμα dar una conferencia/clase loengut pidama, peapesu tegema کنفرانس دادن luennoida donner un cours/une leçon לְהַרצוֹת व्याख्यान देना, आलोचना करना podučiti előad berceramah halda fyrirlestur, predika yfir fare una conferenza; fare lezione; fare una ramanzina 講演をする 강의하다...
a person who lectures, especially to students. He is a lecturer in the English department. lektor, dosent مُحاضِر лектор professor přednášející der/die Dozent(in) forelæser; lektor λέκτοραςconferenciante, profesor lektor سخنران luennoitsija conférencier, ière, professeur/-eure מרצה, מרצה व्याख्याता predavač előadó; (egyetemi) oktató, kb. tanársegéd penceramah fyrirlesari conferenziere; professore 講師 강사 lektorius, dėstytojas lektors pensyarah docentforeleser, universitetslektorwykładowca لكچرو...
especially
conferencia, disertación.
An exposition of a given subject delivered before an audience or class, as for the purpose of instruction.
An earnest admonition or reproof; a reprimand.
To deliver a lecture to (a class or audience).
To admonish or reprove earnestly, often at length: always lecturing me about my manners.

Conjugation

Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of lecture.

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Equivalents

45 more languages

العربيةالمحاضرة درس محاضرة

Azərbaycan diliməruzə mühazirə

Беларускаяле́кцыя

Българскилекция мъмря

বাংলাসবক

Bosanskiders nastava predavanjepredika prodika sat дерс предавање урок час

Catalàalliçonar conferència dictarimpartir

Češtinapoučovat přednášet přednáška

Danskforelæse forelæsning

Ελληνικάδιάλεξη διδαχή κατσαδιάζωομιλία παράδοση

Esperantolekcii lekcio prelego

Eestiloeng

فارسیسخنرانی

Suomiläksyttää luennoida luentosaarna

Gaeilgeleacht

Gàidhligòraid

עבריתהרצאה

हिन्दीव्याख्यान

Hrvatskiders nastava predavanjepredika prodika sat дерс предавање урок час

Magyarelőad előadás megdorgálmegint oktat prédikál tanít

Հայերենդասախոսել դասախոսություն

Bahasa Indonesiakuliah menguliahi ucapan

Íslenskafyrirlestur

Italianoconferenza fare la predica insegnarelezione richiamare sgridare

日本語レクチャー演話説教講講演講義講話

ქართულილექცია

한국어강연 강의 강좌교훈

Kurdîders konferans

Кыргызчадарыс

Lietuviųpaskaita

Македонскипредава предавање

Монголилтгэл

Nederlandscollege lezing

Polskikonferencja namowa prelekcjawykład wykładać wykładowy zjebka

Portuguêsconferência palestra palestrar

Românăconferință curs

Русскийвыговаривать доклад лекцияотчитать отчитывать преподавать урок чита́ть ле́кцию чита́ть нота́ции

Slovenčinaprednáška

Српскиders nastava predavanjepredika prodika sat дерс предавање урок час

Svenskaföredra föreläsning läxa uppmästra

Тоҷикӣсуханронӣ

ไทยการบรรยาย บรรยาย

Türkçeders fırça atmak haşlamakkonferans

Українськадоповідь лекційний лекціяпроповідь

Tiếng Việtbài giảng diễn văn

Examples

“During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture ⟳.”

“The stories did not seem to me to touch ⟳ life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture ⟳, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.”

“We will not have ⟳ lecture ⟳ tomorrow.”

“Lecture ⟳ notes are online.”

“I really don't want ⟳ you to give ⟳ me a lecture ⟳ about my bad eating habits.”

“the lecture ⟳ of Holy Scripture”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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