Noun
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teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
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a lengthy rebuke
"a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"
"the teacher gave him a talking to"
- talking to -
a speech that is open to the public
"he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
- public lecture
Verb
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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"
- call on the carpet - take to task - dress down - call down - bawl out - chew out - chew up - have words -
deliver a lecture or talk
"She will talk at Rutgers next week"
"Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"