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Lecture vs Lecturelike - What's the difference?

lecture | lecturelike |

As a noun lecture

is (senseid) a spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.

As a verb lecture

is (senseid)(ambitransitive) to teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.

As an adjective lecturelike is

resembling a lecture or some aspect of one.

lecture

English

(wikipedia lecture)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid) A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture , with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}
  • A berating or scolding.
  • (obsolete) The act of reading.

    • Verb

    (lectur)
  • (senseid)(ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
  • To preach, to berate, to scold.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * lecturer

    Related terms

    * analects * lectern * lection * lesson ----

    lecturelike

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Resembling a lecture or some aspect of one.
  • * 1999 , Lawrence A Hoffman, The Art of Public Prayer: Not for Clergy Only
    • Hard architecture, straight lines of pews, social distance between people, and lecturelike seating arrangements designed for frontal presentations...