[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/lecture/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) / lecture # lecture noun (a lecture, lectures); verb (lecture, lectures, lectured, lecturing) «lecture» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A talk given to a group of people, especially students at a university, to teach them about a subject. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#m1) 2. A long, serious talk telling someone off or telling them how to behave: Mum gave me a lecture about my messy room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#m2) 3. (verb) To give a talk to students as a teacher at a university or college. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#m3) 4. (verb) To talk to someone in a long, serious way about what they did wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#m4) ### In the lessons At university, students go to lectures and take notes; the teacher is a lecturer. In everyday life children often get «a lecture» from parents when they have done something wrong, which sounds boring or annoying. In stories it shows a character being told off at length. Phrases: give a lecture, attend a lecture, lecture hall, lecture theatre, lecture someone about something. ### Examples - My sister goes to three lectures a week at university. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#x1) - The professor gave a lecture on volcanoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#x2) - I got a long lecture from Dad about leaving the gate open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#x3) - Please don't lecture me, I know I was wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#x4) - The lecture hall was full of students. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#x5) - She lectures in history at the college. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#x6) - Grandad lectured us about saving money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#x7) - We listened to a lecture about safety near water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#x8) - All that botanists can say in many lectures was explained in a moment by this little flower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/#x9) ### Note Countable noun: a lecture, lectures. A person who gives lectures is a «lecturer». Note: lecture (a talk) is different from «reading»; in some languages a word like «lecture» means reading, but in English it never does (false friend). ## In Jewish tradition At university, students go to lectures and take notes; the teacher is a lecturer. In everyday life children often get «a lecture» from parents when they have done something wrong, which sounds boring or annoying. In stories it shows a character being told off at length. Phrases: give a lecture, attend a lecture, lecture hall, lecture theatre, lecture someone about something. ### Examples - Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lecture/#x1) - The substance of this little volume was read as a \[p. 13\] Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lecture/#x2) ### Note Countable noun: a lecture, lectures. A person who gives lectures is a «lecturer». Note: lecture (a talk) is different from «reading»; in some languages a word like «lecture» means reading, but in English it never does (false friend). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «lecture» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lecture/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«lecture» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lecture.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «lecture» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lecture/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«lecture» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lecture.html) on Mova free.