lecturing

Other forms of lecturing

plural

lecturings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lecturing

What does lecturing mean?

lecturing means "teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)".

How many syllables are in lecturing?

lecturing has 3 syllables: lec-tu-ring. The stress falls on "lec". In IPA it is /ˈlɛktʃɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for lecturing?

Close synonyms include lecture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lecturing a common word?

lecturing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.