Definition of Lectures

1. Noun. (plural of lecture) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of lecture) ¹

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Definition of Lectures

1. lecture [v] - See also: lecture

Medical Definition of Lectures

1. Speeches read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject. They are differentiated from addresses in that addresses are less didactic and more informational, entertaining, inspirational, or polaemic. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lectures

lectress
lects
lectual
lecture
lecture demonstration
lecture hall
lecture notes
lecture room
lecture theatre
lectured
lecturelike
lecturer
lecturers
lecturership
lecturerships
lectures (current term)
lectureship
lectureships
lectureth
lecturing
lecturn
lecturns
lecythi
lecythiform
lecythis
lecythus
led off
ledden
leddens
leddies

Literary usage of Lectures

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"lectures are likewise given in many places as part of the educational work of ... "When the museum is a municipal institution, or lectures are arranged by a ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"The readers of” N. & Q.” may like to hear of a find it has very recently been my good fortune to make of my original short-hand notes of “lectures on ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Some of his books published after 1855 were collections of lectures. ... His lectures at Oxford give the best connected account of his maturer conceptions ..."

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