lec·ture  /ˈlɛktʃər/

noun

1. a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

synset: lecture, public_lecture, talk

2. a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"

synset: lecture, speech, talking_to

3. teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

synset: lecture, lecturing

verb

1. deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

synset: lecture, talk

2. censure severely or angrily; "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"

synset: call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress_down, call_down, scold, chide, berate, bawl_out, remonstrate, chew_out, chew_up, have_words, lambaste, lambast

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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