lecture
noun
a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject.
lectured
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past participleof lecture.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof lecture.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
lecturenouna speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject.
Example Sentences
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“Their song has a very pro-European message,” said Vuletic, who has lectured widely on the contest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Joanna Fabicon, who has lectured on contemporary children’s literature at UCLA, added that educators, librarians and publishers must all grapple with the allegations against Chávez and decide how to move forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
Yet away from the mainstream, Ceirion Dewar, who is a bishop in the small, more conservative, traditionalist Confessing Anglican Church, insists he will not be "lectured to" by these clergy.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
She was also officer of several technical societies and lectured on technical analysis around the world.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
Almost nightly he lectured him, but not violently.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
