1an educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university:in each course there are supporting lectures and tutorials [as modifier]:a lecture hall
2a long serious speech, especially one given as a scolding or reprimand:the usual lecture on table manners
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1 [no object] deliver an educational lecture or lectures:he was lecturing at the University of Birmingham
[with object] give a lecture to (a class or other audience):he was lecturing future generations of health-service professionals
2 [with object] talk seriously or reprovingly to (someone):I do not wish to be lectured about smoking
