lectures

We have found lemma(root) word of lectures : lecture.

Definitions


[ˈlɛktʃə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an educational talk to an audience, especially one of students in a university
(e.g: in each course there are supporting lectures and tutorials)

- a long serious speech, especially one given as a scolding or reprimand
(e.g: the usual lecture on table manners)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘reading, a text to read’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin lectura, from Latin lect- ‘read, chosen’, from the verb legere


[ˈlɛktʃə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- deliver an educational lecture or lectures
(e.g: he was lecturing at the University of Birmingham)

- talk seriously or reprovingly to (someone)
(e.g: I do not wish to be lectured about smoking)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘reading, a text to read’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin lectura, from Latin lect- ‘read, chosen’, from the verb legere




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