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doctorate

USDOK-ter-it/ˈdɑk.tɚ.ət/DOK-tuh-rit/ˈdɒk.tə.ɹɪt/
As a verbDOK-ter-ayt

Pluraldoctorates

Verbdoctorates, doctorating, doctorated

2 meanings of doctorate

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    The highest degree that a part of a university can give.

    She is working toward a doctorate in biology.

    He finally earned his doctorate after six years of research.

  2. 2
    verbarchaic
    To make someone a doctor by giving them the highest university degree.

    Only the oldest universities had the right to doctorate students.

    She was doctorated in Paris after many years of study.

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Origin

From the Latin word doctōrātus.