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Synonyms for lectures
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : lek-cher |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛk tʃər |
Top 10 synonyms for lectures Other synonyms for the word lectures
- allocution
- berate
- castigation
- censure
- chalk talk
- chiding
- declaim
- deliver
- disquisition
- dressing-down
- exprobate
- flay
- get on a soapbox
- give a talk
- give going-over
- give piece of mind
- going-over
- harangue
- hold forth
- moralism
- moralize
- orate
- oration
- pep talk
- pitch
- preaching
- preachment
- prelect
- rank on
- rate
- rebuke
- recite
- reprimand
- reproof
- reprove
- scolding
- sermonize
- soapbox
- speak
- spiel
- spout
- talk
- talking-to
- tell off
- telling off
Définition of lectures
Origin :- late 14c., "action of reading, that which is read," from Medieval Latin lectura "a reading, lecture," from Latin lectus, past participle of legere "to read," originally "to gather, collect, pick out, choose" (cf. election), from PIE *leg- "to pick together, gather, collect" (cf. Greek legein "to say, tell, speak, declare," originally, in Homer, "to pick out, select, collect, enumerate;" lexis "speech, diction;" logos "word, speech, thought, account;" Latin lignum "wood, firewood," literally "that which is gathered").
- To read is to "pick out words." Meaning "action of reading (a lesson) aloud" is from 1520s. That of "a discourse on a given subject before an audience for purposes of instruction" is from 1530s.
- noun lesson, speech
- noun speech of criticism
- verb give a lesson, speech
- verb criticize lengthily
- Access to books and lectures comprised all within the bounds of his wishes.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- Once I consented to accompany him to one of the lectures he was so fond of attending.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Still his gravity at once returned to him on going in to lectures.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- Morse attended these lectures and formed with Dana an intimate acquaintance.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- "You'll need a month or two to prepare your lectures," he pointed out.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
- In these lectures you have seen it only as in flashes from a dark lantern.
- Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
- My two years at lectures had not been passed in vain, and surgery had been my hobby.
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
- My sole desire is that these lectures should be true juvenile lectures.
- Extract from : « The Story of a Tinder-box » by Charles Meymott Tidy
- I have endeavoured, in a course of lectures at the Sorbonne, to do a part of this work.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Study of History » by Charles V. Langlois
- Laboratory work by students, together with lectures and quiz sections.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
Antonyms for lectures
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