1
: a discourse given before an audience or class especially for instruction
2
: a formal reproof
Examples of lecture in a Sentence
Noun
She's planning to give a series of lectures on modern art.
Several hundred people are expected to attend the lecture.
I came home late and got a lecture from my parents.
I gave her a lecture about doing better in school.
Verb
She lectures in art at the local college.
They lectured their children about the importance of honesty.
I lectured her about doing better in school.
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Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
With sample disasters like this one in mind, Fielder heads to the Aviation Technology Complex for a lecture that John Goglia is giving to students about his experience at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Her quotidian life was lecturing at a college in Aberdeen, close to where she was born, and the travel and mountaineering a teacher’s schedule enables.
—Sadie Stein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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Noun
At one point during five days of questioning, Miller received a lecture from Richard T. Bretzing, who ran the FBI’s L.A. office and was a bishop in the Mormon Church.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
With sample disasters like this one in mind, Fielder heads to the Aviation Technology Complex for a lecture that John Goglia is giving to students about his experience at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Verb
Conor Heffernan, who lectures on the history of sports and fitness at Ulster University, in Ireland, said the current vogue for biohacking, and its protein boosterism, reeks of snake oil.
—Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Her quotidian life was lecturing at a college in Aberdeen, close to where she was born, and the travel and mountaineering a teacher’s schedule enables.
—Sadie Stein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Lecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lecture. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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lecture
1 of 2 noun
lec·ture
ˈlek-chər 
-shər
1
: a talk given before an audience or class especially for instruction
lecture
2 of 2 verb
lectured; lecturing
ˈlek-chə-riŋ
ˈlek-shriŋ
1
: to give a lecture or a series of lectures
2
: to instruct by lectures
3
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