lecture
noun
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject.
are lecturing
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present progressiveof lecture.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In class, my laptop stays open, ready to take notes while the professors are lecturing.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023
Their hands are almost always in motion when they are lecturing or discussing ideas, as if they were rotating and examining a magical crystal ball in space.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 7, 2019
"You are lecturing us, and besides I doubt if the people would consider us their just representatives."
From Time Magazine Archive
Goldstein and Peter Collins, Dr. Walsh and Mrs. Avery are lecturing through the country and have met with great success.
From Catholic Problems in Western Canada by George Thomas Daly
They are lecturing in the schools in their cities on important topics relative to the care of school buildings and school children.
