Lecture Meaning
/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃəː/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
nounA class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
Sentence Examples
I advise you to be careful in making notes for the lecture.
The professor gave a lecture on the Middle East.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor gave a detailed ____ on the causes of World War One.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The professor delivered a very interesting ____ on the history of ancient civilizations to the students.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“to read, recite”). Doublet of lector.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners."
— 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor gave a detailed ____ on the causes of World War One.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The professor delivered a very interesting ____ on the history of ancient civilizations to the students.