Definition of Lecture

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Lecture

The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.

A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.

A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.

A rehearsal of a lesson.

To read or deliver a lecture to.

To reprove formally and with authority.

To deliver a lecture or lectures.

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Lecture Quotations

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.
H. L. Mencken

Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!
Robin Williams

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.
Enrico Fermi

Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people.
Rowan Atkinson

Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.
Natalie Portman

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.
Michael Caine

Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as "a wise Latina" trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
Camille Paglia

I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain.
Gregory Peck

As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon.
Rudolf Arnheim

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.
Ben Elton

Lecture Translations

lecture in Danish is foredrag, lektie
lecture in Dutch is college geven
lecture in Finnish is luento
lecture in Italian is dizione
lecture in Norwegian is foredrag, forelesning
lecture in Spanish is declamacion

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