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doctorate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɑk.tɚ.ət/ (US)
  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • dŏkʹtər-ĭt (UK)
  • dŏkʹtər-ət (US)
  • /ˈdɒk.tə.ɹɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin doctōrātus.

Meanings

  1. The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

Forms

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doctorates Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

predoctorate · postdoctorate · honorary doctorate

Relateds

doctor · doctoral · Doctor

Translations (57)

el διδακτορικό (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · da doktorgrad (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · vi tiến sĩ (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · mi tākutatanga (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ms ijazah kedoktoran (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · he דּוֹקְטוֹרָט (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · bo མཁས་པའི་ལག་འཁྱེར (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · mk доктора́т (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · uk до́кторський сту́пінь (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · uk доктора́т (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ja 博士 (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · nl doctoraat (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · la doctōrātus (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ru доктора́т (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · hu doktorátus (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · pt doutorado (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ka დოქტორის ხარისხი (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · he דוקטור (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · cmn 博士 (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · fr doctorat (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · nb doktorgrad (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · fa دکترا (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · bo མཁས་དབང་གི་ཕྱག་འཁྱེར (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · io doktoreso (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · es doctorado (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · cs doktorát (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ru до́кторская сте́пень (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · tr doktora (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · fi tohtoraatti (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ja 博士号 (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · nl doctorsgraad (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · it dottorato (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · nn doktortittel (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · nb doktortittel (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ar دُكْتُورَاة (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ko 박사 (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · sv doktorstitel (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · pt doutoramento (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · mi tohu tākuta (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · de Doktorat (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · de Doktortitel (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · cy doethuriaeth (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · fa دکتری (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · sv doktorsgrad (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ca doctorat (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · pl doktorat (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · fi tohtori (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · eo doktoriĝo (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · he תואר שלישי (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · fi tohtorinarvo (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · nn doktorgrad (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · is doktorsgráða (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · ro doctorat (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · el διδακτορία (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · de Doktorgrad (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · vo dok (highest degree awarded by a university faculty) · my ပါရဂူဘွဲ့ (highest degree awarded by a university faculty)

doctorate en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɑk.tɚ.eɪt/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdɒk.tə.ɹeɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Latin doctōrātus.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) To make (someone) into a doctor.
    • He was bred […] in Oxford and there doctorated. a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
    • Even after Salernum had a teacher of law [...] it could not doctorate in law. 1886, Simon Somerville Laurie, Lectures on the Rise and Early Constitution of Universities:

Forms

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doctorating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
doctorated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
doctorated Tense=Past lexicographic
doctorates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic