🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

講義

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kōgi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lecture/ˈlɛk.tʃər/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"今日の講義はとても分かりやすかったです。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An educational talk to an audience, especially one delivered to students in a university or college.

    "The professor gave an interesting lecture on modern economic theory."
As verb
  1. 1

    To deliver an educational lecture or a long, tedious reprimand to someone.

    "My parents always lecture me about the importance of saving money."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Medieval Latin lectura meaning 'a reading', originating from the Latin lectus, past participle of legere ('to read'). It entered Middle English in the 15th century initially to mean 'the action of reading', later shifting by the 16th century to denote a formal discourse delivered to an audience.

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