lecturing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
   lecture.
   
2. verb deliver a lecture or talk
   lecture; talk.
   
   • She will talk at Rutgers next week
   • Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
3. verb censure severely or angrily
   call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
   
   • 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

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