doctorate
1doctorate — doc‧tor‧ate [ˈdɒktrt ǁ ˈdɑːk ] noun [countable] the highest university degree: • Goodwin earned her doctorate in political science from Harvard in 1978. • an honorary doctorate from Oxford University …
2Doctorate — Doc tor*ate, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor. [1913 Webster] …
3Doctorate — Doc tor*ate, v. t. To make (one) a doctor. [1913 Webster] He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. Fuller. [1913 Webster] …
4doctorate — (n.) degree of a doctor, 1670s; see DOCTOR (Cf. doctor) + ATE (Cf. ate) (1) …
5doctorate — ► NOUN ▪ the highest degree awarded by a university faculty …
6doctorate — [däk΄tərit] n. [ML doctoratus] 1. any degree at the highest level awarded by universities, either as an indication of the successful completion of academic study, as Doctor of Philosophy, or as an honorary degree and title, as Doctor of Laws:… …
7Doctorate — Aquatint of a Doctor of Divinity at the University of Oxford, in the scarlet and black academic robes corresponding to his position. From Rudolph Ackermann s History of Oxford, 1814. A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that… …
8doctorate — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ honorary ▪ engineering, music, etc. VERB + DOCTORATE ▪ do, study for, take …
9doctorate — n. 1) to award, grant a doctorate 2) to earn a doctorate 3) an earned (AE); honorary doctorate 4) a doctorate in (a doctorate in physics) * * * [ dɒkt(ə)reɪt] grant a doctorate honorary doctorate to award to earn a doctorate an earned (AE) …
10doctorate — UK [ˈdɒkt(ə)rət] / US [ˈdɑktərət] noun [countable] Word forms doctorate : singular doctorate plural doctorates the highest qualification given by a university He was awarded a doctorate in mathematics …