lecture
/ˈlek.t͡ʃə/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.
Example Sentences
- "During class today the professor delivered an interesting lecture."
- "The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator."
- "We will not have lecture tomorrow."
- "Lecture notes are online."
- "I really don't want you to give me a lecture about my bad eating habits."
- "the lecture of Holy Scripture"
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 (“to read, recite”). Doublet of lector.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *leǵ-, lecture, -, lectura, lectus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlek.t͡ʃə/
- British English: /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/