ALL meanings of doctoral
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D d - adjective doctoral relating to a PhD 1
- noun doctoral Relating to or designed to achieve a doctorate. 1
- noun doctoral a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian. 1
- noun doctoral a person who has been awarded a doctor's degree: He is a Doctor of Philosophy. 1
- noun doctoral Doctor of the Church. 1
- noun doctoral Older Slang. a cook, as at a camp or on a ship. 1
- noun doctoral Machinery. any of various minor mechanical devices, especially one designed to remedy an undesirable characteristic of an automatic process. 1
- noun doctoral Angling. any of several artificial flies, especially the silver doctor. 1
- noun doctoral an eminent scholar and teacher. 1
- verb with object doctoral to give medical treatment to; act as a physician to: He feels he can doctor himself for just a common cold. 1
- verb with object doctoral to treat (an ailment); apply remedies to: He doctored his cold at home. 1
- verb with object doctoral to restore to original or working condition; repair; mend: She was able to doctor the chipped vase with a little plastic cement. 1
- verb with object doctoral to tamper with; falsify: He doctored the birthdate on his passport. 1
- verb with object doctoral to add a foreign substance to; adulterate: Someone had doctored the drink. 1
- verb with object doctoral to revise, alter, or adapt (a photograph, manuscript, etc.) in order to serve a specific purpose or to improve the material: to doctor a play. 1
- verb with object doctoral to award a doctorate to: He did his undergraduate work in the U.S. and was doctored at Oxford. 1
- verb without object doctoral to practice medicine. 1
- verb without object doctoral Older Use. to take medicine; receive medical treatment. 1
- verb without object doctoral Metallurgy. (of an article being electroplated) to receive plating unevenly. 1
- adjective doctoral Relating to a doctorate. 0
- adjective doctoral Pertaining to a medical doctor or physician. 0
- adjective doctoral A doctoral thesis or piece of research is written or done in order to obtain a doctor's degree. 0