noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of delivering a lecture or harangue.

   "As I had to put up with the patronage and the lecturings, and the eyeglass of that infernal old woman, […]"

2. 2
   teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of lecture form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

autodidacticcoeducationalculturaldebatingdeclamationdemagogism

Example

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"The great critic and poet is lecturing on philosophy."

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