Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To make (someone) into a doctor.

Examples

25 sentences

  1. Tom earned his doctorate in Boston.

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  2. Tom has a doctorate.

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  3. Tom earned his doctorate at Harvard.

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  4. Tom earned his doctorate in Australia.

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  5. Mary earned her doctorate in Boston.

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Origin

From Latin doctōrātus.

From Latin doctōrātus.

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Forms

doctorates, doctorating, doctorated, doctorated
Base formdoctorate · to doctorate
3rd person singulardoctorates
Present participledoctorating
Past simpledoctorated
Past participledoctorated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydoctorate
he, she, itdoctorates

Past simpleLesson

all personsdoctorated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave doctorated
he, she, ithas doctorated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill doctorate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
docketdoctorA1doctoraldoctrinedocumentB1documentaryB1
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