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- pronunciation:
- dak
t
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
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 |
adjective + (n.)doctor
honorary, licensed, medical
verb + (n.)doctor
check, consult, phone
(n.)doctor
+ verb
advise, amputate, certify, cure, diagnose, implant, inject, order, perform, prescribe, recommend, specialize, treat
noun + (n.)doctor
abortion, ailment, chemotherapy, emergency, exam, fertility, internist, pill, pneumonia, receptionist, reimbursement, scan, spin, surgery, transplant, ulcer, witch
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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 |
adverb + (v.)doctor
again, always, nowadays, ready
(v.)doctor
+ noun
abandon, ball, book, coral, dweller, goose, hitter, latin, mayo, oncologist, paperwork, receipt, scrape
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The word doctor
contains the following parts:
doc, doct
Latin
root
that means teach
  Example words:
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, bursar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, drinker, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, laborer, lecher, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, scribbler, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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