An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
LECTURE
lecture, lecturing
(noun) teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
lecture, speech, talking to
(noun) a lengthy rebuke; “a good lecture was my father’s idea of discipline”; “the teacher gave him a talking to”
lecture, public lecture, talk
(noun) a speech that is open to the public; “he attended a lecture on telecommunications”
lecture, talk
(verb) deliver a lecture or talk; “She will talk at Rutgers next week”; “Did you ever lecture at Harvard?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lecture (plural lectures)
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
(by extension) a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1) [usually at college or university]
A berating or scolding.
(obsolete) The act of reading.
Verb
lecture (third-person singular simple present lectures, present participle lecturing, simple past and past participle lectured)
(ambitransitive) To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
(transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.
Synonyms
• See also reprehend
Anagrams
• truecel
Source: Wiktionary
Lec"ture, n. Etym: [F. lecture, LL. lectura, fr. L. legere, lectum, to read. See Legend.]
1. The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture. [Obs.]
2. A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.
3. A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
4. (Eng. Universities)
Definition: A rehearsal of a lesson.
Lec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lectured; p. pr. & vb. n. Lecturing.]
1. To read or deliver a lecture to.
2. To reprove formally and with authority.
Lec"ture, v. i.
Definition: To deliver a lecture or lectures.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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