Meaning

1 senses

  1. The title of an academic or medical doctor; used before or instead of the doctor's name.

    The students asked to see Doctor Jones.

    Doctor Smith carried out the medical procedure.

    Doktor, Doktorin, Dr.

    до́кторdóktor, д-рd-r

More definitions
  • children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office
  • a licensed medical practitioner
  • a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
  • (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching

Examples

3991 sentences

  1. The doctor gave it to her.

    Лікар дав його їй. — deniko

    ruДоктор дал ей это. — fjay69

    deDer Arzt hat ihr das gegeben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I think he is a doctor.

    Я думаю, що він лікар. — deniko

    ruЯ думаю, что он доктор. — Lenin_1917

    deIch denke, er ist Arzt. — Manfredo

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  3. Did he look like a doctor?

    Він був схожий на лікаря? — deniko

    ruОн был похож на доктора? — afyodor

    deSah er wie ein Arzt aus? — Tamy

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  4. I decided to be a doctor.

    Я вирішив стати лікарем. — deniko

    ruЯ решил стать врачом. — ae5s

    deIch beschloss, Arzt zu werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. He will make a good doctor.

    Він буде гарним доктором. — ascolto

    ruОн будет хорошим врачом. — marafon

    deAus ihm wird einmal ein guter Arzt. — wolfgangth

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
title of a doctor, used before the doctor's name:

Forms

plural: Doctors
SingularDoctor
PluralDoctors

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
abbreviated forms:DrA1Dr.
Close in meaning
  • a licensed medical practitioner:docphysicianMDDr.medico
  • a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution:Dr.
  • (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching:Doctor of the Church

Word family

2 related words
Relateddoctorialdoctoral

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • be a doctor
  • become a doctor
  • see a doctor
  • the doctor told
  • the doctor said
  • doctor told
  • doctor advised
  • call a doctor
  • doctor said said
  • the doctor advised
  • my doctor told
  • a doctor's appointment

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dockB2docketdoctoraldoctoratedoctrine

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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