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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Abigail Ingram, National Review, 28 July 2025
The new approach doesn’t just end the lectures, but also the pretense that soft power was ever really about people’s dignity or freedom rather than about access and control.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025
Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
The designer published his autobiography, continued to lecture about fashion.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 7 July 2025
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Noun
At one such gathering last year, a young aspiring academic sat before a tipsy crowd and delivered a lecture on Robin Hood.
—Abigail Ingram, National Review, 28 July 2025
The new approach doesn’t just end the lectures, but also the pretense that soft power was ever really about people’s dignity or freedom rather than about access and control.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025
Verb
The type of boy to break up fights at school and lecture his fellow classmates, Steeno added.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
The designer published his autobiography, continued to lecture about fashion.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 7 July 2025
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“Lecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lecture. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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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