- a person who has been trained in medical science, whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured
- You'd better see a doctor about that cough.
- to ask/consult/visit your doctor
- The doctor prescribed antibiotics.
- The doctor told me to stay in bed.
- What does your doctor advise?
- Dr Staples (= as a title/form of address)
- He's training to be a doctor.
Extra ExamplesTopics Healthcarea1, Jobsa1- Anyone with a heart condition should consult a doctor before taking non-prescription medication.
- If you're worried about your blood pressure, ask your doctor.
- My mother never visited the doctor.
- Do doctors prescribe too many antibiotics?
- My doctor recommended that I incorporate soy into my diet.
- Doctors diagnosed kidney failure.
- Doctors recommended sea air.
- He left the hospital against doctor's orders.
- The doctor advised me to rest.
- The doctor will see you now.
- We called the doctor immediately.
- Who is your family doctor?
- You should register with a doctor as soon as possible.
- doctors who practise from home
- Why won't he go to the doctor?
- a hospital doctor
- She grew up in a family of medical doctors but became a physicist.
- He went to an eye doctor who told him it must be a migraine.
- The doctors and nurses restarted his heart.
- the relationship between doctors and patients
- Thank you, doctor.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- good
- female
- …
- register with
- call
- fetch
- …
- a doctor’s appointment
- a doctor’s office
- a doctor’s surgery
- …
- doctor’sa place where a doctor sees patients
- an appointment at the doctor’s
- Why don't you go to the doctor's?
Extra Examples- The doctor's doesn't open until 9.
- Did you have to wait long at the doctor's?
- There's a doctor's on the High Street.
- She seemed worse, so I rang the doctor's.
- Call the doctor's for an appointment.
- She works at the doctor's in the village.
- Where's the nearest doctor's?
More Like This Shops, etc. with apostrophesShops, etc. with apostrophes - a person who has received the highest university degree
- a Doctor of Philosophy/Law
- Dr Franks (= as a title/form of address)
- (especially North American English) used as a title or form of address for a dentist or vet see also spin doctor
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).
Idioms
See doctor in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee doctor in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishjust what the doctor ordered
- (humorous) exactly what somebody wants or needs
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