DOCTOR


Meaning of DOCTOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɒktə(r) ]

( doctors, doctoring, doctored)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A doctor is someone who is qualified in medicine and treats people who are ill.

Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor...

Doctor Paige will be here right after lunch to see her.

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2.

A dentist or veterinarian can also be called doctor . ( AM )

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3.

The doctor’s is used to refer to the surgery or office where a doctor works.

I have an appointment at the doctors.

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4.

A doctor is someone who has been awarded the highest academic or honorary degree by a university.

He is a doctor of philosophy.

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5.

If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people.

They doctored the prints to make her look as awful as possible.

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