Hyphenation of lecture

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word lecture? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

lec-ture

Definitions of lecture:

1.
A speech that is open to the public
He attended a lecture on telecommunications
2.
A lengthy rebuke
A good lecture was my father's idea of discipline The teacher gave him a talking to
3.
Teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
4.
Deliver a lecture or talk
She will talk at Rutgers next week Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
5.
Censure severely or angrily
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car The deputy ragged the Prime Minister The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

Synonyms of lecture:

nounpublic lecture, talk, address, speech
noun speech, talking to, rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
noun lecturing, teaching, instruction, pedagogy
verb talk, teach, learn, instruct
verbcall on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast, knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart

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