a speech that is open to the public; he attended a lecture on telecommunications
[ Syn: public lecture , talk ]
a lengthy rebuke; a good lecture was my fathers idea of discipline; the teacher gave him a talking to
[ Syn: speech , talking to ]
teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
[ Syn: lecturing ]
lecture (n.)
deliver a lecture or talk; She will talk at Rutgers next week; Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
[ Syn: talk ]
censure severely or angrily; The mother scolded the child for entering a strangers car; The deputy ragged the Prime Minister; The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
[ Syn: call on the carpet , take to task , rebuke , rag , trounce , reproof , reprimand , jaw , dress down , call down , scold , chide , berate , bawl out , remonstrate , chew out , chew up , have words , lambaste , lambast ]