doctor

[[t]dɒ̱ktə(r)[/t]]

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doctors, doctoring, doctored

1) N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC A doctor is someone who is qualified in medicine and treats people who are ill.

Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor...

Doctor Paige will be here right after lunch to see her.

2) N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC A or veterinarian can also be called doctor. [AM]

3) N-COUNT: usu sing, the N The doctor's is used to refer to the surgery or office where a doctor works.

I have an appointment at the doctors.

4) N-COUNT; N-TITLE A doctor is someone who has been awarded the highest academic or honorary degree by a university.

He is a doctor of philosophy.

5) VERB If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people.

[V n] They doctored the prints, deepening the lines to make her look as awful as possible.

[V-ed] ...a cleverly doctored photograph.

Syn:

tamper with

Derived words:

doctoring N-UNCOUNT

The doctoring of the document has become a live political issue.

6) VERB If someone doctors food or drink, they add a poison or drug to it. [WRITTEN]

[V n] She had no doubt that it was he who had doctored her milk.

[V-ed] ...doctored wine.