LECTURE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Verb

deliver a lecture or talk

Example: She will talk at Rutgers next week; Did you ever lecture at Harvard?

Categories: Teach, Learn, Instruct

Part of speech: Noun

a lengthy rebuke

Example: a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline; the teacher gave him a talking to

Categories: Rebuke, Reproof, Reproval, Reprehension, Reprimand

Part of speech: Noun

teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)

Categories: Teaching, Instruction, Pedagogy

Chew out, Dress down, Lecturing, Chide, Berate

The word "lecture" comes from Latin lectus. It started in Late Latin lectura. Then it appeared in Middle English lecture.

Latin became the scholarly language of Europe for over 1,500 years, standardizing technical vocabulary.