Communication

Synonyms for lecture

Two senses of lecture live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 2, Treeline · 2 senses · noun and verb · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2nounTier 2, TreelineCommunication

a lengthy rebuke

A good lecture was my father's idea of discipline.

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The true synonym

speech

Same sentence, swapped: A good speech was my father's idea of discipline.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for lecture as it is used in the sentence above.

assignment
chiding
chastisement

Sense 2 of 2verbTier 2, TreelineCommunication

deliver a lecture or talk

Did you ever lecture at Harvard?

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

talk

Same sentence, swapped: Did you ever talk at Harvard?

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for lecture as it is used in the sentence above.

rag
develop
drill

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