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lectoring

lectoring is the present participle and gerund of lector.

Meaning of lector

Verb

lector (third-person singular simple present lectors, present participle lectoring, simple past and past participle lectored)

  1. To perform service as a lector in a religious context.
  2. To do a voice-over translation of a film.
    • How much of Colbert's political satire can be truly grasped by a Hungarian viewer of a lectored episode is slightly beside the point: something gets through.2011, David Bellos, chapter 12, in Is that a Fish in Your Ear?

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Questions about lectoring

What is lectoring the present participle and gerund of?
Lectoring is the present participle and gerund of lector.

Words near lectoring in the dictionary

  1. lector
  2. lectorate
  3. lectorates
  4. lectored
  5. lectorial
  6. lectoring
  7. lectors
  8. lectorship
  9. lectorships
  10. lectosign
  11. lectosigns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lectoring (page history and authors); lector (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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