▸ noun: A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group. ▸ noun: (by extension) A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university. ▸ noun: A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner. ▸ noun: (obsolete) The act of reading. ▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic. ▸ verb: (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.
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