Lecture | Mean of lecture in English Dictionary

/ˈlɛktʃɚ/

• Noun
• a talk or speech given to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject
1. a lecture about/on politics
2. She's planning to give/deliver a series of lectures on modern art.
3. Several hundred people are expected to attend the lecture.
• a talk that criticizes someone's behavior in an angry or serious way
1. I came home late and got a lecture from my parents.
2. I gave her a lecture about doing better in school.
• Verb
• to give a talk or a series of talks to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject
1. She lectures (to undergraduates) on modern art at the local college.
2. She lectures in art at the local college.

• to talk to (someone) in an angry or serious way
1. They lectured their children about/on the importance of honesty.
2. I lectured her about doing better in school.