lecture

  • 21LECTURE — n. f. Action d’une personne qui lit à haute voix. Sa lecture est parfaite. Sa lecture est monotone. Il se dit le plus souvent de la Reproduction par la voix d’un texte écrit ou imprimé. On fit la lecture du contrat de mariage en présence de tous… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 22lecture — noun 1 talk given to a group of people ADJECTIVE ▪ fascinating, interesting ▪ boring ▪ formal ▪ illustrated ▪ impromptu …

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  • 23Lecture — A lecture is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history, background, theories and… …

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  • 24lecture — I n. formal talk 1) to deliver, give a lecture 2) to attend; follow ( understand ) a lecture 3) a lecture about, on 4) at a lecture reprimand 5) to give smb. a lecture (about smt.) II v. 1) (D; intr.) ( to discuss formally ) to lecture about, on… …

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  • 25lecture — lec|ture1 W3S3 [ˈlektʃə US ər] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Late Latin; Origin: lectura act of reading , from Latin legere to read ] 1.) a long talk on a particular subject that someone gives to a group of people, especially to students in a university… …

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  • 26lecture — [[t]le̱ktʃə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ lectures, lecturing, lectured 1) N COUNT A lecture is a talk someone gives in order to teach people about a particular subject, usually at a university or college. ...a series of lectures by Professor Eric Robinson... In… …

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  • 27lecture — I UK [ˈlektʃə(r)] / US [ˈlektʃər] noun [countable] Word forms lecture : singular lecture plural lectures ** 1) a talk to a group of people about a particular subject, especially at a college or university The course will be taught through a… …

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  • 28lecture — 01. Our chemistry [lecture] was so boring today that I fell asleep in class. 02. If I tell my dad I got drunk and was sick at the party, he ll just get angry and give me a [lecture] about it. 03. The professor [lectured] us on current trends in… …

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  • 29Lecture — Lektüre bezeichnet sowohl den Vorgang des Lesens, als auch das gelesene Objekt selbst, den Lesestoff. Eine Lektüre kann insofern aus jeder Art von geschriebenen Text bestehen. Insbesondere wird der Begriff auf klassische Printmedien, wie Bücher… …

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  • 30lecture — lec|ture1 [ lektʃər ] noun count ** 1. ) a talk to a group of people about a particular subject, especially at a college or university: The course will be taught through a series of lectures and seminars. lecture on: a lecture on Dickens give a… …

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