What's the difference between lecture and vecture?

Lecture


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of reading; as, the lecture of Holy Scripture.
  • (n.) A discourse on any subject; especially, a formal or methodical discourse, intended for instruction; sometimes, a familiar discourse, in contrast with a sermon.
  • (n.) A reprimand or formal reproof from one having authority.
  • (n.) A rehearsal of a lesson.
  • (v. t.) To read or deliver a lecture to.
  • (v. t.) To reprove formally and with authority.
  • (v. i.) To deliver a lecture or lectures.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The control group received the same information in lecture form.
  • (2) Gove, who touched on no fewer than 11 policy areas, made his remarks in the annual Keith Joseph memorial lecture organised by the Centre for Policy Studies, the Thatcherite thinktank that was the intellectual powerhouse behind her government.
  • (3) Although a variety of new teaching strategies and materials are available in education today, medical education has been slow to move away from the traditional lecture format.
  • (4) You can get a five-month-old to eat almost anything,” says Clare Llewellyn, lecturer in behavioural obesity research at University College London.
  • (5) One of the reasons for doing this study is to give a voice to women trapped in this epidemic,” said Dr Catherine Aiken, academic clinical lecturer in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of the University of Cambridge, “and to bring to light that with all the virology, the vaccination and containment strategy and all the great things that people are doing, there is no voice for those women on the ground.” In a supplement to the study, the researchers have published some of the emails to Women on Web which reveal their fears.
  • (6) The authors discuss the appropriateness of teaching clinical pharmacology (CP) to fourth-year students, lectures in CP to fourth-, fifth- and sixth-year students in accordance with the study of the main clinical specialties (therapy, surgery, pediatrics, etc.
  • (7) The lecture remains the dominant form of instructional method.
  • (8) Mark Hellowell, lecturer in global health policy at Edinburgh University and an adviser to the Treasury select committee inquiry into PFIs, said: "There are some really significant risks to affordability here."
  • (9) Authors have previously published April 1988 a lecture where they criticize the bad denomination "passed coma" full of ambiguity for public mind, to which "brain death" ought to be preferred.
  • (10) The "fly on the wall" stuff is no more for the moment but, Andy, grab the opportunities when you can – a few years down the line when Cameron is on the lecture circuit and the rest of us are hanging up our cameras for good, you should have an unprecedented photographic record of a seat of power.
  • (11) Before I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures.
  • (12) The Tony Abbott lecturing the American president on taxation fairness is, of course, the one who as Australian prime minister is presiding over policies of taxation amnesty for the richest Australians who have themselves offshored their hidden wealth, capping their taxable liability to merely the last four years.
  • (13) An English translation of the lecture is printed below.
  • (14) "I'm not here to lecture individuals about their private lives," he said.
  • (15) It was hypothesized that students receiving instruction via lectures and handouts would score significantly higher than students who only received handouts.
  • (16) Who better to lecture Muslims than Islam expert Donald Trump?
  • (17) The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of guided design and lecture teaching strategies on the clinical problem-solving performance of first quarter student nurses.
  • (18) You've read the book, now hear the lecture and watch the movie.
  • (19) It is difficult to accept lectures on outsourcing from the party that introduced the North American Free Trade Agreement – an outsourcers' charter liberalising trade between the US, Mexico and Canada.
  • (20) Subsequent to the questionnaire the PCCU liaison pharmacist implemented a visual display of monthly drug costs, an education program that included the presentation of questionnaire results, and drug information lectures discussing controversial therapeutic issues.

Vecture


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage.

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