Doctorate

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  • noun. The degree or status of a doctor as conferred by a university.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make a doctor of; confer the degree of doctor upon. Also doctorize.
  • noun. The degree of doctor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.
  • transitive verb. To make (one) a doctor.
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  • noun. The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
  • verb. To make into a doctor.
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  • noun. one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university
    • Word Usage
    "After all, presumably someone with a doctorate is a highly educated person possessing a vigorous work ethic --- and more importantly, has achieved the ability to think abstractly at a very high level."
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    postdoctorate  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    academic degree  degree  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    DD  DEd  DMD  DMus  DPh  
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