1. (

• lecture ,
• public_lecture ,
• talk ,

) a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications" ;

2. (

• lecture ,
• speech ,
• talking_to

) a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" ;

3. (

• lecture ,
• lecturing

) teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class) ;

1. (

• lecture ,
• talk ,

) deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" ;

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" ;