преподава́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• lecture noun A talk given to teach an audience about a subject.
• profess verb To claim or declare something, often about oneself, sometimes insincerely.
• teach verb To help someone learn a skill or subject by explaining or demonstrating it.

Senses

преподава́ть is used for these senses in English:

• lecture (transitive) To preach, to berate, to scold.
• profess (transitive, chiefly, passive) To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. [from 14th c.]
• profess (transitive) To work as a professor of; to teach. [from 16th c.]

lecture — full definition

1. noun A talk given to teach an audience about a subject.
2. noun A long, stern talking-to meant to correct someone's behaviour.
3. verb To give a formal talk teaching a subject.
4. verb To scold or reprimand someone at length.

profess — full definition

1. verb To claim or declare something, often about oneself, sometimes insincerely.
2. verb To formally declare belief in a religion or set of principles.

Related Russian words