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lecture
What does lecture mean?
lecture (noun): teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use lecture in a sentence?
- During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce lecture?
/ˈlɛktʃɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does lecture come from?
From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to lecture
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “lecture” mean?
a person’s condition, position or standing relative to that of others
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your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
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teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
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the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
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