doctorate
noun /ˈdɒktərət/
/ˈdɑːktərət/
- the highest university degree
- She's studying for her doctorate.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc1- He's completed his doctorate on bees.
- She's doing a doctorate in ancient history.
- The applicants all have doctorates from good universities.
- a doctorate from Cornell University
- a doctorate of divinity
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- honorary
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- do
- study for
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- degree
- program
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin doctoratus ‘made a doctor’.