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   Doc·tor

   /ˈdäktər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a qualified practitioner of medicine; a physician: "I'll make him go and see the doctor"
   • ▪ a qualified dentist or veterinary surgeon. North American
   • ▪ a person who gives advice or makes improvements: informal "the script doctor rewrote the original"
   • 2. a person who holds a doctorate: "he was made a Doctor of Divinity"
   • ▪ short for Doctor of the Church
   • ▪ a teacher or learned person: archaic "the wisest doctor is graveled by the inquisitiveness of a child"
   • 3. an artificial fishing fly.

   verb

   • 1. change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify: "the reports could have been doctored" Similar falsifytamper withtinker withinterfere withmanipulatemassagerigalterchangeforgefaketrump upfudgepervertdistortinformal:cookjugglefiddle (with)
   • ▪ alter the content of (a drink, food, or substance) by adding strong or harmful ingredients: "he denied doctoring Stephen's drinks" Similar adulteratecontaminatetainttamper withlacemixdilutewater downthin outweakeninformal:spikedopecutslip a Mickey Finn intorare:vitiate
   • ▪ tamper with (a ball) so as to affect its movement when pitched: "fast bowlers were doctoring the ball"
   • 2. treat (someone) medically: informal "I will doctor him everyday until he is better" Similar treatmedicatedosesoothecurehealtendattend tominister toadminister tocare fortake care ofnurse
   • ▪ remove the sexual organs of (an animal) so that it cannot reproduce: "the dog was doctored"
   • ▪ repair (a machine).

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. doctorly adjective
   • 2. doctorial adjective
   • 3. doctorship noun

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   What is the abbreviation for a doctor?

   • The abbreviation Dr. is usually used in writing when doctor is being used as a title for a specific person. I have an appointment with Dr. Brown. He needed medicine but refused to go to a doctor. She was under doctor's orders not to return to work. I saw her at the doctor's last week. How long will you be at the doctor? My dentist is Dr. Smith.

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   What does a doctor do?

   • A doctor is someone who is qualified in medicine and treats people who are ill. Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor. If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people. They doctored the prints to make her look older. Read about the team of authors behind Collins Dictionaries.

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   What does Doctor mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of DOCTOR is an eminent theologian declared a sound expounder of doctrine by the Roman Catholic Church —called also doctor of the church. How to use doctor in a sentence.

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   What is a doctor slang?

   • a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian. He is a Doctor of Philosophy. Doctor of the Church. Older Slang. a cook, as at a camp or on a ship. Machinery. any of various minor mechanical devices, especially one designed to remedy an undesirable characteristic of an automatic process.

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   1 doctor /ˈdɑːktɚ/ noun

   plural doctors

   1 doctor

   /ˈdɑːktɚ/

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   informal

   : exactly what is wanted or needed

   •A day at the beach was just what the doctor ordered.

   — see also spin doctor, witch doctor

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