1
: a discourse given before an audience or class especially for instruction
2
: a formal reproof
Examples of lecture in a Sentence
Noun
She's planning to give a series of lectures on modern art.
Several hundred people are expected to attend the lecture.
I came home late and got a lecture from my parents.
I gave her a lecture about doing better in school.
Verb
She lectures in art at the local college.
They lectured their children about the importance of honesty.
I lectured her about doing better in school.
Recent Examples on the Web
Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 30 May 2025
Free lectures The Learning is for Everyone, aka LIFE, group at MiraCosta College holds free lectures June 6.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Alexander Heffner, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
Maybe Healey can lecture them on how to sue Trump a hundred times and bankrupt a state on migrant hotel shelters.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for lecture
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
Full sessions from each day will be available on the Weather & Climate Livestream's channel archives while the event lasts, and shorter clips from individual lectures will be made available after June 1.
—Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 30 May 2025
Free lectures The Learning is for Everyone, aka LIFE, group at MiraCosta College holds free lectures June 6.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Verb
These days, nothing infuriates liberals more than to be lectured about the American plutocracy — not when Trump is perhaps the most brazenly corrupt president to hold the office in modern history.
—Alexander Heffner, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2025
Maybe Healey can lecture them on how to sue Trump a hundred times and bankrupt a state on migrant hotel shelters.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for lecture
Cite this Entry
“Lecture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lecture. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
lecture
1 of 2 noun
lec·ture
ˈlek-chər 
-shər
1
: a talk given before an audience or class especially for instruction
lecture
2 of 2 verb
lectured; lecturing
ˈlek-chə-riŋ
ˈlek-shriŋ
1
: to give a lecture or a series of lectures
2
: to instruct by lectures
3
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share