lecture🔊

(a spoken lesson) A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

(by extension) A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.

A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner.

(obsolete) The act of reading.

(to teach)To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.

To preach, to berate, to scold.