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doctorate

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: dŏkʹtər-ĭt
  • UK: /ˈdɒk.tə.ɹɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: dŏkʹtər-ət
  • US: /ˈdɑk.tɚ.ət/
  • Mid-Atlantic, US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: /ˈdɒk.tə.ɹeɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈdɑk.tɚ.eɪt/
  • CMU ARPABET: D AA1 K T ER0 AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make (someone) into a doctor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: doctor's degree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: academic degree, degree

Narrower terms: Doctor of Dental Medicine, DMD, Doctor of Dental Surgery, DDS, Doctor of Divinity, DD, Doctor of Education, EdD, DEd, Doctor of Medicine, MD, Doctor of Music, DMus, MusD, Doctor of Musical Arts, AMusD, Doctor of Optometry, OD, Doctor of Osteopathy, DO, Doctor of Arts, D.A., Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Public Health, DPH, Doctor of Theology, ThD, Doctor of Sacred Theology, STD

History

Etymology

From Latin doctōrātus.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُكْتُورَاة (duktūrāh) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Burmese: ပါရဂူဘွဲ့ (para.gubhwai.) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Catalan: doctorat — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Chinese Mandarin: 博士 (bóshì) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Czech: doktorát — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Danish: doktorgrad — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Dutch: doctorsgraad — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Dutch: doctoraat — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Esperanto: doktoriĝo — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Finnish: tohtorinarvo — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Finnish: tohtoraatti — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Finnish: tohtori — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • French: doctorat — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Georgian: დოქტორის ხარისხი (dokṭoris xarisxi) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • German: Doktorgrad — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • German: Doktorat — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • German: Doktortitel — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Greek: διδακτορικό (didaktorikó) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Greek: διδακτορία (didaktoría) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Hebrew: דּוֹקְטוֹרָט (doktorát) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Hebrew: דוקטור (doktór) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Hebrew: תואר שלישי (to'ár shlishí) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Hungarian: doktorátus — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Icelandic: doktorsgráða — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Ido: doktoreso — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Italian: dottorato — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Japanese: 博士号 (hakushigō) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Japanese: 博士 (hakushi) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Korean: 박사 (baksa) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Latin: doctōrātus — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Macedonian: доктора́т (doktorát) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Malay: ijazah kedoktoran — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Māori: tohu tākuta — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Māori: tākutatanga — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Norwegian Bokmål: doktorgrad — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Norwegian Bokmål: doktortittel — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: doktorgrad — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: doktortittel — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Persian: دکتری (doktori) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Persian: دکترا (doktorâ) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Polish: doktorat — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Portuguese: doutorado — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Portuguese: doutoramento — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Romanian: doctorat — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Russian: до́кторская сте́пень (dóktorskaja stépenʹ) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Russian: доктора́т (doktorát) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Spanish: doctorado — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Swedish: doktorsgrad — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Swedish: doktorstitel — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Tibetan: མཁས་པའི་ལག་འཁྱེར (mkhas pa'i lag 'khyer) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Tibetan: མཁས་དབང་གི་ཕྱག་འཁྱེར (mkhas dbang gi phyag 'khyer) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Turkish: doktora — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Ukrainian: до́кторський сту́пінь (dóktorsʹkyj stúpinʹ) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Ukrainian: доктора́т (doktorát) — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Vietnamese: tiến sĩ — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Volapük: dok — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
  • Welsh: doethuriaeth — highest degree awarded by a university faculty
Real reading context

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