ALL meanings of lectured
lec·ture
L l - noun lectured Simple past tense and past participle of lecture. 1
- noun lectured a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings. 1
- noun lectured a speech of warning or reproof as to conduct; a long, tedious reprimand. 1
- verb without object lectured to give a lecture or series of lectures: He spent the year lecturing to various student groups. 1
- verb with object lectured to deliver a lecture to or before; instruct by lectures. 1
- verb with object lectured to rebuke or reprimand at some length: He lectured the child regularly but with little effect. 1