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doctored

DOK-turd/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)d/UKDOK-tuhd/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)d/

3 meanings of doctored

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Changed on purpose to trick people, so it no longer shows the truth.

    Like a story someone changes a little so it sounds better than the truth.

    The doctored photo made the crowd look much bigger than it really was.

    These figures look doctored, so we cannot trust them.

    Similarfalsified, altered, forged

    Oppositegenuine, authentic, unaltered, original

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  2. 2
    verb
    Past participle of doctor. Use this form after "have," "has," or "had," or with "was" and "were."

    Someone had doctored the test results before the meeting.

    The files were doctored to hide the mistakes.

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  3. 3
    adjective
    Fixed so that it works or holds together again.

    The doctored chair, fixed with glue and a new screw, no longer wobbles.

    Her doctored umbrella, mended with tape, kept her dry all the way home.

    Similarpatched, fixed

    Oppositebroken, damaged

doctored is a form of doctor

doctor, verb: To secretly change something to trick people, like changing a document or putting a drug in a drink. Full entry

Forms
doctordoctors he/she/itdoctoring -ing formdoctored past tense, past participle
Spelling
doctor → doctored: add -ed

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