lecture

/lˈɛktʃɝ/

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Noun
a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
Noun
a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father''s idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
Noun
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
Verb
deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
Verb
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"
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