Lecture
Lecture verb - To give a formal often extended talk on a subject.
Usage example: a physician who has lectured before countless women's groups on the importance of self-examination in the early detection of breast cancer
Recite and lecture are semantically related. in speech topic. In some cases you can use "Recite" instead a verb "Lecture".
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| rest | lecture rest | recite rest |
Both words in one sentence
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On the rare occasion he doesn't have time to recite the full lecture, he'll skip straight to this.Yattarou: Anyway, UNFORGIVABLE!
Source: Anime / Samurai Pizza Cats -
If they didn't get it, he'd recite the same lecture, word for word, during their next class, and every class afterwards until he was satisfied that they had learned the lesson.
Source: Film / Gods and Generals - Professor Mmaa's Lecture: In the termite hive, whose technology is based almost completely on (mostly genetically engineered) living termites, libraries are simply assemblies of termites whose purpose in life is to remember specific texts and recite them verbatim when requested.
Source: Human Hard Drive
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