doctorate
Syllables: doc·tor·ate/ˈdɒk.tə.ɹɪt//ˈdɑk.tɚ.ət/
doctorate noun: the highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
Noun
doctorate (plural doctorates)
- The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
Verb
UK/ˈdɒk.tə.ɹeɪt/US/ˈdɑk.tɚ.eɪt/
doctorate (third-person singular simple present doctorates, present participle doctorating, simple past and past participle doctorated)
- 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
doctorate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
doctorate in Hindi
- डॉक्टरेट, डॉक्टरेटिंग
doctorate in Tamil
- பேரறிஞர் பட்டம், முனைவர் பட்டம்
doctorate in Marathi
- डॉक्टरेट
doctorate in Urdu
- ڈاکٹریٹ, ڈاکٹریٹنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- doctorate in Bengali
- ডক্টরেট, ডক্টরেটিং
- doctorate in Telugu
- డాక్టరేట్, డాక్టరేటింగ్
- doctorate in Malayalam
- ഡോക്ടറേറ്റ്, ഡോക്റ്ററേറ്റ്, ഡോക്ടറേറ്റിംഗ്
- doctorate in Kannada
- ಡಾಕ್ಟರೇಟು
- doctorate in Punjabi
- ਡਾਕਟਰੇਟ, ਡਾਕਟਰਸ਼ਿਪ
- doctorate in Gujarati
- ડોક્ટરેટ
- doctorate in Odia
- ଡକ୍ଟରେଟ୍, ଡକ୍ଟରେଟ, ଡକ୍ଟରେଟିଂ
- doctorate in Nepali
- डक्टरेट, डॉक्टरेट, डाक्टरेट
- doctorate in Arabic
- دُكْتُورَاة duktūrāh
- doctorate in Malay
- ijazah kedoktoran
- doctorate in Persian
- دکتری doktori, دکترا doktorâ
- doctorate in Vietnamese
- tiến sĩ
- doctorate in Myanmar
- ပါရဂူဘွဲ့ para.gubhwai.
Examples of doctorate in a sentence
- His opsimathy meant that he was over 60 before he entered college, and over 70 before he earned his doctorate.
- Think back to the first time you dared think about getting a doctorate.
- He recently obtained a doctorate degree under the direction of Dr.
Forms of doctorate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | doctorates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | doctorates |
| present participle | doctorating |
| past participle | doctorated |
| past | doctorated |
Origin of doctorate
From Latin doctōrātus.
Words formed from doctorate
Questions about doctorate
- What does doctorate mean?
- Doctorate means the highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
- What is doctorate in Hindi?
- Doctorate in Hindi is डॉक्टरेट, डॉक्टरेटिंग. See Doctorate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is doctorate?
- Doctorate can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce doctorate?
- Doctorate is pronounced /ˈdɒk.tə.ɹɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of doctorate?
- The plural of doctorate is doctorates.
Words near doctorate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: doctorate (page history and authors); doctorate (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doctorate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); doctorate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doctorate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doctorate (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doctorate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doctorate (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doctorate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); doctorate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doctorate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doctorate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); doctorate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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