Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lecture
Participle: lectured
Gerund: lecturing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | lecture |
| you | lecture |
| he;she;it | lectures |
| we | lecture |
| you | lecture |
| they | lecture |
Perfect
| I | have lectured |
| you | have lectured |
| he;she;it | has lectured |
| we | have lectured |
| you | have lectured |
| they | have lectured |
Past
| I | lectured |
| you | lectured |
| he;she;it | lectured |
| we | lectured |
| you | lectured |
| they | lectured |
Pluperfect
| I | had lectured |
| you | had lectured |
| he;she;it | had lectured |
| we | had lectured |
| you | had lectured |
| they | had lectured |
Future
| I | will lecture |
| you | will lecture |
| he;she;it | will lecture |
| we | will lecture |
| you | will lecture |
| they | will lecture |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lectured |
| you | will have lectured |
| he;she;it | will have lectured |
| we | will have lectured |
| you | will have lectured |
| they | will have lectured |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lecture |
| you | lecture |
| he;she;it | lecture |
| we | lecture |
| you | lecture |
| they | lecture |
Perfect
| I | have lectured |
| you | have lectured |
| he;she;it | have lectured |
| we | have lectured |
| you | have lectured |
| they | have lectured |
Imperfect
| I | lectured |
| you | lectured |
| he;she;it | lectured |
| we | lectured |
| you | lectured |
| they | lectured |
Pluperfect
| I | had lectured |
| you | had lectured |
| he;she;it | had lectured |
| we | had lectured |
| you | had lectured |
| they | had lectured |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lecture |
| you | would lecture |
| he;she;it | would lecture |
| we | would lecture |
| you | would lecture |
| they | would lecture |
Perfect
| I | would have lectured |
| you | would have lectured |
| he;she;it | would have lectured |
| we | would have lectured |
| you | would have lectured |
| they | would have lectured |
Imperative
| you | lecture |
| we | Let's lecture |
| you | lecture |
Verbs conjugated like 'lecture'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lecture'
belecture,
feature,
gesture,
picture,
recure,
secure,
texture,
venture,
vesture,
aventure,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1398, "action of reading, that which is read," from M.L. lectura "a reading, lecture," from L. lectus, pp. of legere "to read," originally "to gather, collect, pick out, choose" (cf. election), from PIE *leg- "to pick together, gather, collect" (cf. Gk. legein "to say, tell, speak, declare," originally, in Homer, "to pick out, select, collect, enumerate;" lexis "speech, diction;" logos "word, speech, thought, account;" L. lignum "wood, firewood," lit. “that which is gathered”). To read is to "pick out words." Meaning "action of reading (a lesson) aloud" is from 1526. That of "a discourse on a given subject before an audience for purposes of instruction" is from 1536. The verb is attested from 1590.
2. From Middle English lecture, lectour, letture, letteur, lettur, lectury, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin lectura (“reading”), from Latin lectus, past participle of legō (“to read, recite”). Doublet of lector.
Verbs referencing "lecture"
Ido lektar.
Sample Sentences
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The professor lectured to two classes this morning.
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Emily's father lectured her about the importance of being home before midnight.
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The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners. [2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:]