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doctor
(dɒktəʳ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense doctors, present participle doctoring, past tense, past participle doctored
1. countable noun & title noun
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.
Synonyms: physician, medic [informal], clinician, general practitioner More Synonyms of doctor
2. countable noun & title noun
A dentist or , veterinarian can also be called doctor.
[US]3. countable noun [usually singular]
The doctor's is used to refer to the surgery or office where a doctor works.
I have an appointment at the doctor's.
4. countable noun & title noun
A doctor is someone who has been awarded the highest academic or honorary degree by a university.
He is a doctor of philosophy. [+ of]
5. verb
If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people.
They doctored the prints to make her look as awful as possible. [VERB noun]
...a cleverly doctored photograph. [VERB-ed]
doctoring uncountable noun
The doctoring of the document has become a live political issue.
6. verb
If someone doctors food or drink, they add a poison or drug to it.
[written] She had no doubt that it was he who had doctored her milk. [VERB noun]
...a doctored cup of tea. [VERB-ed]
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doctor in British English
(ˈdɒktə)
noun
1.
a person licensed to practise medicine
2.
a person who has been awarded a higher academic degree in any field of knowledge
3. mainly US and Canadian
a person licensed to practise dentistry or veterinary medicine
4. Also called: Doctor of the Church (often capital)
a title given to any of several of the leading Fathers or theologians in the history of the Christian Church down to the late Middle Ages whose teachings have greatly influenced orthodox Christian thought
5. angling
any of various gaudy artificial flies
6. informal
a person who mends or repairs things
7. slang
a cook on a ship or at a camp
8. archaic
a person, esp a teacher, of learning
9.
a device used for local repair of electroplated surfaces, consisting of an anode of the plating material embedded in an absorbent material containing the solution
10.
(in a paper-making machine) a blade that is set to scrape the roller in order to regulate the thickness of pulp or ink on it
11.
a cool sea breeze blowing in some countries
the Cape doctor
12. go for the doctor
13. what the doctor ordered
verb
14. (transitive)
a.
to give medical treatment to
b.
to prescribe for (a disease or disorder)
15. (intransitive) informal
to practise medicine
he doctored in Easter Island for six years
16. (transitive)
to repair or mend, esp in a makeshift manner
17. (transitive)
to make different in order to deceive, tamper with, falsify, or adulterate
18. (transitive)
to adapt for a desired end, effect, etc
19. (transitive)
to castrate (a cat, dog, etc)
Derived forms
doctoral (ˈdoctoral) or doctorial (dɒkˈtɔːrɪəl) adjective
Word origin
C14: from Latin: teacher, from docēre to teachdoctor in American English
(ˈdɑktər)
noun
1.
a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian
2.
a person who has been awarded a doctor's degree
He is a Doctor of Philosophy
3. See Doctor of the Church
4. old-fashioned slang
a cook, as at a camp or on a ship
5. Machinery
any of various minor mechanical devices, esp. one designed to remedy an undesirable characteristic of an automatic process
6. Angling
any of several artificial flies, esp. the silver doctor
7.
an eminent scholar and teacher
transitive verb
8.
to give medical treatment to; act as a physician to
He feels he can doctor himself for just a common cold
9.
to treat (an ailment); apply remedies to
He doctored his cold at home
10.
to restore to original or working condition; repair; mend
She was able to doctor the chipped vase with a little plastic cement
11.
to tamper with; falsify
He doctored the birthdate on his passport
12.
to add a foreign substance to; adulterate
Someone had doctored the drink
13.
to revise, alter, or adapt (a photograph, manuscript, etc.) in order to serve a specific purpose or to improve the material
to doctor a play
14.
to award a doctorate to
He did his undergraduate work in the U.S. and was doctored at Oxford
intransitive verb
15.
to practice medicine
16. old-fashioned
to take medicine; receive medical treatment
17. Metallurgy (of an article being electroplated)
to receive plating unevenly
Derived forms
doctoral or doctorial (dɑkˈtɔriəl, -ˈtour-) adjective
doctorally or doctorially
adverb
doctorless
adjective
doctorship
noun
Word origin
[1275–1325; ME docto(u)r (‹ AF) ‹ L, equiv. to doc(ēre) to teach + -tor -tor]More idioms containingdoctor
just what the doctor ordered
COBUILD Collocationsdoctor
emergency doctor
qualified doctor
senior doctor
trainee doctor
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Examples of 'doctor' in a sentencedoctor
Quotations
Men who are occupied in the restoration of health to other men, by the joint exertion of skill and humanity, are above all the great of the earthPhilosophical Dictionary
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor MerrymanPolite Conversation
I am simply in Hell, where there are no doctors - at least, not in a professional capacityThe Cocktail Party
God and the doctor we alike adore
But only when in danger, not before;
The danger o'er, both are alike requited,
God is forgotten, and the Doctor slightedEpigrams
But only when in danger, not before;
The danger o'er, both are alike requited,
God is forgotten, and the Doctor slightedEpigrams
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Medical practitioners and specialistsIn other languagesdoctor
British English: doctor /ˈdɒktə/ NOUN
A doctor is someone who is qualified in medicine and treats people who are ill.
Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor.
- American English: doctor
- Arabic: طَبِيب
- Brazilian Portuguese: médico
- Chinese: 医生
- Croatian: liječnik
- Czech: lékař
- Danish: læge
- Dutch: dokter
- European Spanish: médico
- Finnish: lääkäri
- French: docteur
- German: Arzt
- Greek: γιατρός
- Italian: dottore
- Japanese: 医者
- Korean: 의사
- Norwegian: lege
- Polish: lekarz
- European Portuguese: médico
- Romanian: doctor
- Russian: врач
- Latin American Spanish: doctor
- Swedish: läkare
- Thai: แพทย์
- Turkish: doktor
- Ukrainian: лікар
- Vietnamese: bác sĩ
British English: doctor VERB
If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people.
They doctored the prints to make her look as awful as possible.
- American English: doctor
- Brazilian Portuguese: tratar
- Chinese: 窜改
- European Spanish: falsificar
- French: altérer
- German: fälschen
- Italian: manipolare
- Japanese: 改ざんする
- Korean: 변조하다
- European Portuguese: tratar
- Latin American Spanish: falsificar
All related terms of 'doctor'
Chinese translation of 'doctor'
doctor
(ˈdɔktəʳ)
n (c)
- (= medic)
医(醫)生
(yīshēng) (位, wèi) - the doctor's
诊(診)所
(zhěnsuǒ) (家, jiā) - (= PhD etc)
博士
(bóshì)
vt
- [food, drink]
下药(藥)
(xià yào) - [figures, photograph]
窜(竄)改
(cuàngǎi)doctor's office (US)诊(診)所
(zhěnsuǒ)英 = surgery
All related terms of 'doctor'
(noun)
Definition
a person licensed to practise medicine
Do not stop the treatment without consulting your doctor.
Synonyms
physician
the President's personal physician
medic (informal)
A Navy medic was wounded by sniper fire.
clinician
general practitioner
medical practitioner
G.P.
1 (verb)
Definition
to change in order to deceive
They doctored the photograph.
Synonyms
change
alter
Little had altered in the village.
interfere with
disguise
pervert
attempting to pervert the course of justice
fudge
certain issues that can no longer be fudged
tamper with
tinker with
misrepresent
The extent of the current strike is being misrepresented.
falsify
The charges against him include fraud, bribery, and falsifying business records.
meddle with
mess about with
2 (verb)
Definition
to poison or drug (food or drink)
He had administered the sedatives by doctoring the dog's food.
Synonyms
add to
spike
drinks spiked with tranquillizers
cut
He has cut the play judiciously.
mix something with something
dilute
Dilute the syrup well with cooled, boiled water.
water down
adulterate
The food had been adulterated to increase its weight.
Quotations
But only when in danger, not before;
The danger o'er, both are alike requited,
God is forgotten, and the Doctor slighted – Epigrams]
Additional synonyms
in the sense of adulterate
Definition
to spoil something by adding inferior material
The food had been adulterated to increase its weight.
Synonyms
debase,
thin,
weaken,
corrupt,
deteriorate,
mix with,
contaminate,
devalue,
water down,
depreciate,
attenuate,
vitiate,
bastardize,
make impure
in the sense of alter
Definition
to make or become different
Little had altered in the village.
Synonyms
change,
turn,
vary,
transform,
adjust,
adapt,
metamorphosein the sense of cut
Definition
to abridge or shorten
He has cut the play judiciously.
Synonyms
abridge,
edit,
shorten,
curtail,
condense,
abbreviate,
précisSynonyms of 'doctor'
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