"lecture" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ [UK], /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-lecture.ogg [US] Forms: lectures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“I read, I recite”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|lecture}} Middle English lecture, {{m|enm|lectour}} lectour, {{m|enm|letture}} letture, {{m|enm|letteur}} letteur, {{m|enm|lettur}} lettur, {{m|enm|lectury}} lectury, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|LL.|lectura||reading}} Late Latin lectura (“reading”), {{der|en|la|lectus||}} Latin lectus, {{m|la|legō||I read, I recite}} legō (“I read, I recite”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lecture (plural lectures)
  1. A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group. Categories (topical): Talking Translations (a spoken lesson): lesing (Afrikaans), leksion [masculine] (Albanian), مُحَاضَرَة (muḥāḍara) [feminine] (Arabic), դասախոսություն (dasaxosutʻyun) (Armenian), mühazirə (Azerbaijani), məruzə (Azerbaijani), ле́кцыя (ljékcyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), সবক (sôbôk) (Bengali), ле́кция (lékcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), conferència [feminine] (Catalan), 演講 (Chinese Mandarin), 演讲 (yǎnjiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), přednáška [feminine] (Czech), forelæsning [common-gender] (Danish), lezing [feminine] (Dutch), college (Dutch), lekcio (Esperanto), loeng (Estonian), luento (Finnish), conférence [feminine] (French), cours magistral [masculine] (French), ლექცია (lekcia) (Georgian), Vorlesung (english: educational lecture at a university) [feminine] (German), Vortrag (english: talk) [masculine] (German), διάλεξη (diálexi) [feminine] (Greek), הַרְצָאָה (hartsa'á) [feminine] (Hebrew), लेक्चर (lekcar) (Hindi), előadás (Hungarian), fyrirlestur [masculine] (Icelandic), kuliah (Indonesian), léacht [feminine] (Irish), conferenza [feminine] (Italian), lezione (Italian), 講義 (kōgi) (alt: こうぎ) (Japanese), лекция (leksiä) (Kazakh), 강의 (gang'ui) (alt: 講義) (Korean), лекция (lektsiya) (Kyrgyz), дарыс (darıs) (Kyrgyz), ປາຖະກະຖາ (pā tha ka thā) (Lao), ການປະທະກະຖາ (kān pa tha ka thā) (Lao), lekcija [feminine] (Latvian), paskaita [feminine] (Lithuanian), cytanje [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), предавање (predavanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), kauhau (Maori), kauwhau (Maori), лекц (lekc) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), илтгэл (iltgel) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), conféthence [feminine] (Norman), forelesning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), foredrag [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), førelesing [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), forelesning [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), foredrag [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), lectura [feminine] (Occitan), cors [masculine] (Occitan), سخنرانی (soxanrâni) (Persian), محاضره (mohâzare) (Persian), Väadrach [masculine] (Plautdietsch), wykład [masculine] (Polish), conferência [feminine] (Portuguese), palestra (Portuguese), curs [neuter] (Romanian), conferință [feminine] (Romanian), ле́кция (lékcija) [feminine] (Russian), уро́к (urók) [masculine] (Russian), докла́д (doklád) (english: report) [masculine] (Russian), преда́ва̄ње [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), predávānje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), prednáška [feminine] (Slovak), predavanje [neuter] (Slovene), conferencia (english: talk) [feminine] (Spanish), charla (english: talk) [colloquial, feminine] (Spanish), clase (english: educational lecture) [feminine] (Spanish), föreläsning [common-gender] (Swedish), маърӯза (maʾrüza) (Tajik), муҳозара (muhozara) (Tajik), суханрони (suxanroni) (Tajik), ఉపన్యాసం (upanyāsaṁ) (Telugu), การบรรยาย (Thai), เล็กเชอร์ (Thai), บรรยาย (ban-yaai) (Thai), konferans (Turkish), ders (Turkish), ле́кція (lékcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), لېكسىيە (lëksiye) (Uyghur), leksiya (Uzbek), bài giảng (Vietnamese), לעקציע (lektsye) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-lecture-en-noun-en:a_spoken_lesson Disambiguation of Talking: 18 26 16 6 7 26 Disambiguation of 'a spoken lesson': 80 9 6 4
  2. (by extension) A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-lecture-en-noun-SAJKH8aC Disambiguation of Talking: 18 26 16 6 7 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 36 31 4 3 21
  3. A berating or scolding, especially if lengthy, formal or given in a stern or angry manner. Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-lecture-en-noun-6iLya48x Disambiguation of Talking: 18 26 16 6 7 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 36 31 4 3 21
  4. (obsolete) The act of reading. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lecture-en-noun-~ulnWhqv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: curtain lecture, lecture bottle, lecture hall, lectureship, lecture theatre Related terms: acroamatic [adjective]

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ [UK], /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-lecture.ogg [US] Forms: lectures [present, singular, third-person], lecturing [participle, present], lectured [participle, past], lectured [past]
Rhymes: -ɛktʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“I read, I recite”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|lecture}} Middle English lecture, {{m|enm|lectour}} lectour, {{m|enm|letture}} letture, {{m|enm|letteur}} letteur, {{m|enm|lettur}} lettur, {{m|enm|lectury}} lectury, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{der|en|LL.|lectura||reading}} Late Latin lectura (“reading”), {{der|en|la|lectus||}} Latin lectus, {{m|la|legō||I read, I recite}} legō (“I read, I recite”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lecture (third-person singular simple present lectures, present participle lecturing, simple past and past participle lectured)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to teach): դասախոսել (dasaxosel) (Armenian), դասախոսություն կարդալ (dasaxosutʻyun kardal) (Armenian), изнасям лекция (iznasjam lekcija) (Bulgarian), přednášet (Czech), forelæse (Danish), lekcii (Esperanto), luennoida (Finnish), donner une conférence (French), donner un cours magistral (French), Vorlesung halten (english: tertiary education) (German), δίνω διάλεξη (díno diálexi) (Greek), tanít (Hungarian), oktat (Hungarian), előad (Hungarian), kuliah (Indonesian), menguliahi (Indonesian), insegnare (Italian), предава (predava) (Macedonian), kauhau (Maori), kauwhau (Maori), forelese (Norwegian Bokmål), wykładać [imperfective] (Polish), palestrar (Portuguese), чита́ть ле́кцию (čitátʹ lékciju) [imperfective] (Russian), преподава́ть (prepodavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), föredra (Swedish), ders anlatmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-lecture-en-verb-en:to_teach Disambiguation of 'to teach': 88 12
  2. (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Talking Translations (to berate, to scold): мъмря (mǎmrja) (Bulgarian), 训斥 (xùnchì) (Chinese Mandarin), poučovat (Czech), läksyttää (Finnish), gronder (French), faire la leçon (French), faire la morale (French), κατσαδιάζω (katsadiázo) (Greek), megleckéztet (Hungarian), leckéztet (Hungarian), megfedd (Hungarian), prédikál (Hungarian), megró (Hungarian), megmossa a fejét (Hungarian), megdorgál (Hungarian), megint (Hungarian), megpirongat (Hungarian), rendreutasít (Hungarian), sgridare (Italian), richiamare (Italian), fare la predica (Italian), одр́жува ле́кција (odŕžuva lékcija) (Macedonian), irettesette (Norwegian Bokmål), skjenne (Norwegian Bokmål), чита́ть нота́ции (čitátʹ notácii) [imperfective] (Russian), выгова́ривать (vygovárivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отчи́тывать (otčítyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отчи́та́ть (otčítátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), läxa upp (Swedish), mästra (Swedish), haşlamak [informal] (Turkish), fırça atmak [informal] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-lecture-en-verb-M7zvRo8A Disambiguation of Talking: 18 26 16 6 7 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 36 31 4 3 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 22 25 4 15 31 Disambiguation of 'to berate, to scold': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lect., lecturer Related terms: acroamatic [adjective], analects, lectern, lection, lesson

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "məruzə"
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ljékcyja",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ле́кцыя"
        },
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "sôbôk",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "সবক"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lékcija",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "conferència"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "演講"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǎnjiǎng",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "přednáška"
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          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "forelæsning"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lezing"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "college"
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          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "lekcio"
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "loeng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "luento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "conférence"
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          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cours magistral"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lekcia",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "ლექცია"
        },
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          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "educational lecture at a university",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Vorlesung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "talk",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Vortrag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "diálexi",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "διάλεξη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hartsa'á",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הַרְצָאָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lekcar",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "लेक्चर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "előadás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fyrirlestur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "kuliah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "léacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "conferenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "lezione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "alt": "こうぎ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōgi",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "講義"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "leksiä",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "лекция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "alt": "講義",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gang'ui",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "강의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "lektsiya",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "лекция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "darıs",
          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
          "word": "дарыс"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pā tha ka thā",
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        {
          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
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          "sense": "a spoken lesson",
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          "_dis1": "80 9 6 4",
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          "word": "դասախոսել"
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        },
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          "sense": "to teach",
          "word": "изнасям лекция"
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          "word": "forelæse"
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          "sense": "to teach",
          "word": "lekcii"
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          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "sense": "to teach",
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "sense": "to teach",
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 12",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to teach",
          "word": "donner un cours magistral"
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          "sense": "to teach",
          "word": "Vorlesung halten"
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          "roman": "díno diálexi",
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          "word": "δίνω διάλεξη"
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          "word": "tanít"
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      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cours magistral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lekcia",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "ლექცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "educational lecture at a university",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorlesung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "talk",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vortrag"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diálexi",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διάλεξη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hartsa'á",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הַרְצָאָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "lekcar",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "लेक्चर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "előadás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fyrirlestur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "kuliah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "léacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conferenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "lezione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōgi",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "講義"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "leksiä",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "лекция"
    },
    {
      "alt": "講義",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gang'ui",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "강의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "lektsiya",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "лекция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "darıs",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "дарыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pā tha ka thā",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "ປາຖະກະຖາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān pa tha ka thā",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "ການປະທະກະຖາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lekcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paskaita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "predavanje",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предавање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "kauhau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "kauwhau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "lekc",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "лекц"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "iltgel",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "илтгэл"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conféthence"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forelesning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "foredrag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "førelesing"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forelesning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "foredrag"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lectura"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cors"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "soxanrâni",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "سخنرانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mohâzare",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "محاضره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Väadrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wykład"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conferência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "palestra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "curs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conferință"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lékcija",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "urók",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уро́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "report",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doklád",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "докла́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "преда́ва̄ње"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "predávānje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prednáška"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "predavanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cytanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "talk",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conferencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "talk",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "charla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "educational lecture",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clase"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "föreläsning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "maʾrüza",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "маърӯза"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muhozara",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "муҳозара"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "suxanroni",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "суханрони"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "upanyāsaṁ",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "ఉపన్యాసం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "การบรรยาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "เล็กเชอร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ban-yaai",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "บรรยาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "konferans"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "ders"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lékcija",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́кція"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "lëksiye",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "لېكسىيە"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "leksiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "word": "bài giảng"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "lektsye",
      "sense": "a spoken lesson",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "לעקציע"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Singapore Management University",
    "lecture"
  ],
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}

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          "ref": "2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18",
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dasaxosel",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "դասախոսել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dasaxosutʻyun kardal",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "դասախոսություն կարդալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iznasjam lekcija",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "изнасям лекция"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "přednášet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "forelæse"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "lekcii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "luennoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "donner une conférence"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "donner un cours magistral"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "tertiary education",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "Vorlesung halten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "díno diálexi",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "δίνω διάλεξη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "tanít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "oktat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "előad"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "kuliah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "menguliahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "insegnare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "predava",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "предава"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "kauhau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "kauwhau"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "forelese"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wykładać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "palestrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čitátʹ lékciju",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "чита́ть ле́кцию"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepodavátʹ",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "преподава́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "föredra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to teach",
      "word": "ders anlatmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎmrja",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "мъмря"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xùnchì",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "训斥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "poučovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "läksyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "gronder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "faire la leçon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "faire la morale"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katsadiázo",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "κατσαδιάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "megleckéztet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "leckéztet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "megfedd"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "prédikál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "megró"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "megmossa a fejét"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "megdorgál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "megint"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "megpirongat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "rendreutasít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "sgridare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "richiamare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "fare la predica"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "odŕžuva lékcija",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "одр́жува ле́кција"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "irettesette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "skjenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čitátʹ notácii",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "чита́ть нота́ции"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vygovárivatʹ",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выгова́ривать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otčítyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отчи́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otčítátʹ",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отчи́та́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "läxa upp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "word": "mästra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "haşlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to berate, to scold",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "fırça atmak"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Singapore Management University",
    "lecture"
  ],
  "word": "lecture"
}

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