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lecture

Nouns

• (n) a speech that is open to the public
  • he attended a lecture on telecommunications
  public lecture, talk,
• (n) a lengthy rebuke
  • a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline
  • the teacher gave him a talking to
  talking to, speech,
• (n) teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) lecturing,

Verbs

• (v) deliver a lecture or talk
  • She will talk at Rutgers next week
  • Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
  talk,
• (v) 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
  bawl out, berate, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, rebuke, reproof, scold, take to task, call down, lambast, lambaste, reprimand, remonstrate, trounce, jaw, rag,

Synonyms

talk public lecture talking to speech bawl out berate call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words rebuke reproof scold take to task call down lambast lambaste reprimand remonstrate trounce jaw rag lecturing

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