lecture

nouns

a speech that is open to the public

"he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

lecture, public lecture, talk

is derived from

lectureship

a lengthy rebuke

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

lecture, speech, talking to

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

lecture, lecturing

is derived from

lectureship

verbs

deliver a lecture or talk

"She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

lecture, talk

is derived from

lecturer

is derived from

lecturer

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"