lecture
noun
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject.
have been lecturing
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present perfect progressiveof lecture.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I have been surprised at how many people have been lecturing me about how important it is for me to have a better relationship with my ex for the sake of the children.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2021
And I have been lecturing them, including the gentleman that you are referring to, about you have to bring it back to this country.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
Besides, Meyer's doctors, family and friends have been lecturing him for some time now to reduce his stress, not amp it up.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 25, 2010
Shod in high-laced boots, relaxing in a leather chair, onetime Economics Professor Salazar might have been lecturing woolly-headed students.
From Time Magazine Archive
I see by the papers that you have been lecturing at the Cornell University.
From Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence by Louis Agassiz
