lecture

Attendance at the lecture is optional.

overcharge a lecture with facts

salt a lecture with anecdotes.

Don't lecture the child.

impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup.

the usual lecture on table manners.

an exhaustive lecture on a certain subject

a lecture to the Darwin Society

Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.

lectured in a familiar style.

He gave the child a lecture on the importance of punctuality.

the book is an expansion of a lecture given last year.

I had a lecture from the guv'nor.

the lecture theatre is in New Burlington Place.

the text of the lecture was available to guests on the night.

a lecture that occupied three hours.

seasoned the lecture with jokes.

a lecture that brought home several important points.