# doctorate

Pronunciation: US say "DOK-ter-it" /ˈdɑk.tɚ.ət/; UK say "DOK-tuh-rit" /ˈdɒk.tə.ɹɪt/

## Noun

1. The highest degree that a university faculty awards.
   - Simple: The highest degree that a part of a university can give.
   - _The position requires a doctorate in chemistry or a closely related field._
   - _Several members of the department hold doctorates from European universities._

## Verb

Pronunciation: US say "DOK-ter-ayt" /ˈdɑk.tɚ.eɪt/; UK say "DOK-tuh-rayt" /ˈdɒk.tə.ɹeɪt/

2. To make someone a doctor by conferring the highest university degree on them. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: To make someone a doctor by giving them the highest university degree.
   - _The new college petitioned the king for the right to doctorate its own graduates._
   - _Having studied medicine at Padua, he was doctorated there with great ceremony._

## Origin

From Latin doctōrātus.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/doctorate (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).