lectures
n. countablen. formal talks given to a group of people to teach them about a specific subject. You usually hear these at a university or college.
n. educational talks delivered to an audience, typically in a university setting, for the purpose of instruction. Often used in the plural to refer to a series of academic presentations.
The professor gives interesting lectures every Tuesday.
Students are expected to attend all lectures and take detailed notes for the upcoming final exam.
While the guest speaker's lectures were intellectually rigorous, they remained accessible to undergraduates by grounding complex theoretical frameworks in relatable historical anecdotes.
Commonly used in the plural when referring to a course of study.
I am going to a conference to hear a lectureI am going to a lectureLearners sometimes use 'lecture' as a synonym for any speech; however, it specifically refers to an educational talk within an academic or instructional context.