LECTURE

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

  synonyms : lecturing

• (noun) a lengthy rebuke

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

  synonyms : speech , talking to

• (noun) a speech that is open to the public

  "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"

  synonyms : public lecture , talk

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : bawl out , berate , call down , call on the carpet , chew out , chew up , chide , dress down , have words , jaw , lambast , lambaste , rag , rebuke , remonstrate , reprimand , reproof , scold , take to task , trounce

  please, i have absolutely no desire to be the object of her berating all night long. -added by diviya_inlas

• (verb) deliver a lecture or talk

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

  synonyms : talk

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