doctorate

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doctorate

  • /ˈdɒk.tə.ɹɪt/ UK
  • /ˈdɑk.tɚ.ət/ US
  • /ˈdɒk.tə.ɹeɪt/ UK
  • /ˈdɑk.tɚ.eɪt/ US

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From Latin doctōrātus.

noun doctorates

  1. The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

verb doctorates · doctorating · doctorated

  1. archaic To make (someone) into a doctor. He was bred […] in Oxford and there doctorated.

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