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Definition of doctorate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

doctorate

noun
 
/ˈdɒktərət/
 
/ˈdɑːktərət/
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  1. the highest university degree
    • She's studying for her doctorate.
    Extra Examples
    • He's completed his doctorate on bees.
    • She's doing a doctorate in ancient history.
    • The applicants all have doctorates from good universities.
    • a doctorate from Cornell University
    • a doctorate of divinity
    Topics Educationc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • honorary
    • engineering
    • music
    • …
    verb + doctorate
    • do
    • study for
    • take
    • …
    doctorate + noun
    • degree
    • program
    preposition
    • doctorate from
    • doctorate in
    • doctorate of
    • …
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin doctoratus ‘made a doctor’.
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