Antonyms for lectured


Grammar : Verb
Spell : lek-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɛk tʃər


Definition of lectured

Origin :
  • 1580s, from lecture (n.). Meaning "to address severely and at length" is from 1706. Related: Lectured; lecturing.
  • verb give a lesson, speech
  • verb criticize lengthily
Example sentences :
  • Some years ago I lectured in Oxford on the subject of Education.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • “Be exact in what you say,” Ossipon lectured in the swift motion of the hansom.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Most of them lectured as though getting tired, the others as though tired out.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Go home and be lectured and advised and reproved by every woman in the village?
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Sam's mother had lectured him on the subject before he left home.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Perhaps he lectured and the amanuensis took down what he said.
  • Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
  • When he came, as I was informed, he lectured them severely for removing the flannels at all.
  • Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
  • On the 18th and 25th she lectured to crowded houses there and captured her audiences.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Carmody lectured them both, and, as he cooled, Hanscom apologized.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • He, a young man, had lectured the other, who was an old man.
  • Extract from : « The Nebuly Coat » by John Meade Falkner

Synonyms for lectured

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