lecture
noun
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject.
had lectured
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past perfectof lecture.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They pointed fingers at what they cast as overpaid consultants, expressed despair that working-class voters of all stripes had abandoned them, and lamented that they had lectured voters instead of listening to them.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2024
She had lectured in universities in the US and UK, including Harvard and Cambridge.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023
He had lectured in the university’s philosophy department until being put on “investigatory leave” last year.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022
They photocopied documents in his briefcase and luggage, including one of Xin’s weekly reports about the project and an agenda indicating Roth had lectured in China on using plasma to control aircraft.
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 2, 2012
All his life he had lectured everybody about the right way to do things and now he had done this, the stupidest thing ever.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
