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- pronunciation:
- dak
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a person licensed to care for or treat people or animals, such as a physician, dentist, or veterinarian. (abbr.: Dr.)
- synonyms:
- physician, veterinarian
- similar words:
- doc, gynecologist, medicine man, obstetrician, pediatrician, practitioner, quack, specialist
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| definition 2: |
a person who has received the highest degree at a college or university.
- synonyms:
- Ph.D.
- similar words:
- academic, intellectual
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| related words: |
caretaker, graduate |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
doctors, doctoring, doctored |
| definition 1: |
to treat medically.
- synonyms:
- attend, medicate, treat
- similar words:
- administer, cure, heal, nurse, prescribe
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| definition 2: |
to fix or repair.
- synonyms:
- fix, mend, remedy, repair
- similar words:
- ameliorate, rebuild, reconstruct, rehabilitate, restore
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| definition 3: |
to change or modify; tamper with.
He doctored the experimental data.- synonyms:
- alter, change, color, fudge, modify
- similar words:
- distort, falsify, manipulate, tamper with, twist
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| related words: |
adulterate, fix, overhaul, pack, patch, remedy, revise, treat |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to practice medicine.
- synonyms:
- minister
- similar words:
- attend
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| related words: |
heal, nurse |
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