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lectured
[lek-cher] 
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lecture
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a lesson, speech |
| Synonyms: | address, declaim, deliver, discourse, expound, get on a soapbox, give a talk, harangue, hold forth, orate, prelect, recite, speak, spiel*, spout, talk, teach |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | address |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak to a formal gathering |
| Synonyms: | approach, bespeak, call, deliver speech, deliver talk, discourse, discuss, get on a soapbox, give speech, give talk, greet, hail, lecture, memorialize, orate, pitch, pontificate, root for, sermonize, spiel*, spout, stump, take the floor, talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | censure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn; criticize severely |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonish, animadvert, asperse, attack, backbite, berate, blame, carp at, castigate, cavil, chastise, chide, contemn, cut up, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, disapprove, discipline, disparage, exprobate, find fault with, get after, impugn, incriminate, judge, knock, lecture, look askance, ostracize, pick apart, pull apart, read out, rebuff, rebuke, remonstrate, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, scold, take to task, tear apart, tell off, upbraid |
| Notes: | to censor is to disallow portions or the entireties of books, plays, etc. on the grounds that they transgress propriety, 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut,' expurgate or suppress; to censure is to criticize vehemently or harshly, or condemn |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, compliment, endorse, laud, permit, sanction |
| Main Entry: | declaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | proclaim; get on a soapbox |
| Synonyms: | attack, bloviate, blow hot air, declare, decry, denounce, harangue, hold forth, inveigh, lecture, mouth, orate, perorate, pile it on, proclaim, rail, rant, recite, soapbox, speak, spiel*, spout, talk big |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | direct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give instructions; teach |
| Synonyms: | address, advise, bid, charge, command, deliver, dictate, enjoin, give directions, give orders, inform, instruct, lecture, order, read, tell, warn |
| Antonyms: | misguide, mislead |
| Main Entry: | discourse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss, speak about |
| Synonyms: | argue, chew*, comment, commentate, confab, confer, converse, debate, declaim, descant, develop, dilate upon, dispute, dissert, dissertate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, explain, expound, give a meeting, harangue, hold forth, lecture, modulate, orate, perorate, remark, sermonize, talk, treat, voice |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | instruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inform, teach |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, brainwash*, break in, break it to, brief, clue in, coach, counsel, discipline, disclose, drill, drum into, educate, engineer, enlighten, give lessons, ground, guide, keep posted, lead, lecture, level, notify, pilot, reveal, school, steer, tell, train, tutor, update, wise up |
| Antonyms: | learn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk a lot |
| Synonyms: | babble, chat, chatter, gab, gossip, jabber, lecture, orate, prate, prattle, yak |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
| Main Entry: | moralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | preach |
| Synonyms: | admonish, edify, lecture, pass judgment, pontificate, pontify, preachify, sermonize, teach |
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