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{
"term": "lecture",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a talk that is given to a group of people to teach them about a particular subject, often as part of a university or college course",
"sensetop": "lecture on somethinglecture about somethinglecture to somebodylecture by somebodyin a lectureat a lecture",
"labels": "(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(both British English, informal)(both especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(North American English, informal)(both British English)(especially British English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)(especially North American English, informal)(especially North American English, informal)(British English)(British English)(British English)(both North American English)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **go to/attend a lecture**"
},
{
"text": "to **give/deliver a lecture**"
},
{
"text": "I have a lecture at nine tomorrow."
},
{
"text": "a **series of lectures** on Jane Austen",
"contextForm": "lecture on something"
},
{
"text": "a course of lectures on art history"
},
{
"text": "an illustrated lecture about the planet Mars",
"contextForm": "lecture about something"
},
{
"text": "a book based on her lectures to students",
"contextForm": "lecture to somebody"
},
{
"text": "a lecture to the Darwin Society"
},
{
"text": "a lecture by Professor Snow",
"contextForm": "lecture by somebody"
},
{
"text": "She spoke about the environmental problems of the future in a lecture at Georgetown University.",
"contextForm": "in a lecture"
},
{
"text": "There were very few students at his lecture that morning.",
"contextForm": "at a lecture"
},
{
"text": "Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre."
},
{
"text": "She referred to Professor Jones's work in her lecture on Shakespeare's imagery."
},
{
"text": "He wasn't at the lecture."
},
{
"text": "The fire alarm went during his lecture."
},
{
"text": "The society is putting on a series of lectures on the subject next term."
},
{
"text": "a familiar figure on the international lecture circuit"
},
{
"text": "a lecture entitled ‘How to Prevent Food Poisoning’"
},
{
"text": "He gave a very interesting and informative lecture on the Roman army."
},
{
"text": "a lecture room/hall"
}
],
"topics": ["Education"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["fascinating", "interesting", "boring"],
"… of lectures": ["course", "programme/program", "series"],
"verb + lecture": ["deliver", "give", "present"],
"lecture + noun": ["course", "programme/program", "series"],
"preposition": [
"at a/the lecture",
"during a/the lecture",
"in a/the lecture"
],
"phrases": [
"a lecture entitled something",
"a lecture titled something",
"a lecture on the subject of something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a long, angry talk that somebody gives to one person or a group of people because they have done something wrong",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I know I should eat more healthily—don't give me a lecture about it."
},
{
"text": "I don't need any lectures from you on responsibility."
},
{
"text": "I don't take lectures from anyone on how to behave."
},
{
"text": "I got a lecture from Dad about coming home on time."
},
{
"text": "She gave me a stern lecture on ingratitude."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["little", "long", "stern"],
"verb + lecture": ["give somebody", "get", "need"],
"preposition": ["lecture about", "lecture on", "lecture from"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlektʃə(r)/",
"audio": "le/lecture/lecture__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈlektʃər/",
"audio": "le/lecture/lecture__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘reading, a text to read’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin lectura, from Latin lect- ‘read, chosen’, from the verb legere."
}