单词 | doctorate |
释义 | doctoraten.1 The highest degree awarded by a university faculty, graduate school, or other approved academic institution; (now usually) a postgraduate degree above the level of a master's degree. Cf. doctor n. 4a.Originally the degree specifically conferred authority to teach the subject or subjects in question, but it has subsequently become understood as representing recognition of a high level of proficiency, whether in relation to teaching or not.A doctorate may be awarded either to a student who has successfully defended a doctoral dissertation, or as an honorary degree to any individual deemed worthy of special recognition for scholarly work or other contributions to society.In quot. 1641 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > a degree > specific masterdomc1400 doctorship1533 doctorate?1577 mastership1583 baccalaureate1625 bachelorshipa1656 doctorhood1683 LL.D.1763 master's degree1774 LL.B.1796 Mus.B.1801 PhD1839 Lambeth degree1859 baccalaureate degree1864 LL.M.1874 (Lady) Literate in Arts1877 Sc.D.1885 Mus. Bac.1889 post-graduation1889 B.Lit.1895 masterate1902 B.Phil.1923 B. Ed.1941 ABD1954 Dip. Tech.1957 master1960 B.Sc.- ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. B vi Hence rysen learned men in eche estate, Coonnyng in handy craft and facultie: And getten dignities of doctorate. 1641 J. Johnson Acad. Love 11 The..most famous Vniversitie in the world, where the women proceede graduates, and the men degradates, and all under my moderation, wearing the signet of this faculty, as registred here form their matriculation, even unto the honour of doctorates. a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 373 Make the doctorate a stirrup to mount him to Prelacy. 1797 J. Black Let. 11 Nov. in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 273 A new doctorat that I am scheming with some hope of Success. 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 651 The evolution of the doctorate as a third university degree above that of master cannot be distinctly traced. 1920 Amer. Math. Monthly 27 90 He..received his doctorate from Columbia in 1899. 2009 Independent 15 Sept. 19/1 The 24-year-old had penned an article for the university magazine on crime and safety earlier this year while studying for her doctorate in pharmacology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). doctoraten.2 rare. A person who has received, or is receiving, a doctoral degree; the holder of a doctorate, a doctor (doctor n. 4a). ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > degree holder master1380 bachelorc1386 doctorc1400 magister1459 sir1557 Dra1593 doctorate1651 baccalaur1661 baccalaureate1696 formed bachelor1738 middle bachelor1759 Mus.B.1801 PhD1839 diplomate1879 maid1881 Mus. Bac.1889 postdoctoral1962 postdoc1964 B.A.- B.L.- 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. G3v Master, (which is the title of the Doctorates in Theologie [It. Dottorati in Theologia]). 1789 World 27 June The Doctorates are to be more numerous than usual. 1971 Nature 16 July 150/2 1.4 per cent of all doctorates were out of work this spring. 2012 M. Fontes et al. in I. Salavisa & M. Fontes Social Networks, Innovation & Knowl. Econ. vi. 132 A large percentage of these employees are doctorates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). doctoratev. Somewhat rare. 1. transitive. To award a doctoral degree to (someone). Sometimes also intransitive. Cf. doctor v. 1, doctorize v. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > take degree [verb (transitive)] > confer degree on > specific degree doctorate1591 doctor1594 doctorize1600 bedoctor1806 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. D4v One..that for his skil might haue bin Doctorat in his mistery. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Addottoráre, to take or giue the degree of a doctor, to doctorate. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Derb. 237 Going afterwards to Oxford he was doctorated in Divinity. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xl. 395 Afterwards doctorated in medicine at Oxford. 1886 S. S. Laurie Rise Universities vii. 123 Even after Salernum had a teacher of law..it could not doctorate in law. 1970 Western Hist. Q. 1 245 Duly doctorated by the University of California in 1939, I was assigned to Saint Louis University, where I have been ever since. 2. intransitive. To receive a doctoral degree. ΚΠ 1948 Rock Valley (Iowa) Bee 24 June Mrs. Roosevelt, who doctorated at the Utrecht University the other day. 1962 E. Merriam Basics i. 12 I graduated. I postgraduated. I doctorated. Still I was underrated until I took my doctorate and doctored it. 2009 in L. Zsolnai et al. Ethical Prospects I. 305 She doctorated in 1986 in administrative sciences, when working as a Counsellor of Legislation in the Ministry of Justice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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