noun : LECTURE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" ;
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2. (
) a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" ;
verb : LECTURE
Source: WordNet 3.1
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2. (
- call_on_the_carpet ,
- take_to_task ,
- rebuke ,
- rag ,
- trounce ,
- lecture ,
- reprimand ,
- jaw ,
- dress_down ,
- call_down ,
- scold ,
- chide ,
- berate ,
- bawl_out ,
- remonstrate ,
- chew_out ,
- chew_up ,
- have_words ,
- lambaste ,
- lambast
) censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" ;
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