transcription, транскрипция: [ lektʃə(r) ]
( lectures, lecturing, lectured)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A lecture is a talk someone gives in order to teach people about a particular subject, usually at a university or college.
...a series of lectures by Professor Eric Robinson...
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2.
If you lecture on a particular subject, you give a lecture or a series of lectures about it.
She then invited him to Atlanta to lecture on the history of art...
She has danced, choreographed, lectured and taught all over the world...
VERB : V on/in n , V
3.
If someone lectures you about something, they criticize you or tell you how they think you should behave.
He used to lecture me about getting too much sun...
Chuck would lecture me, telling me to get a haircut...
She was no longer interrogating but lecturing.
VERB : V n about/on n , V n , V , also V n to-inf
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Lecture is also a noun.
Our captain gave us a stern lecture on safety.
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