To instruct or direct.
To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
To teach (somebody) by giving a speech on a given topic.
To preach, to berate, to scold.
a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1)
A berating or scolding.
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.