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doctor

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doctor

1. doctor

Engels > Engels

doctor

1. n. A physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-n

If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.

2. n. A person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.

3. n. A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.

4. n. A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.

5. n. (obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.

6. n. (dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.

the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter

the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine".

7. n. A fish, the friar skate.

8. v. To act as a medical doctor to.

Her children doctored her back to health.

9. v. (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor.

10. v. To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.

11. v. To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.

They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.

We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.

12. v. To genetically alter an extant species.

Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.

13. v. To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.

To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.

14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine.

Nederlands > Engels

doctor

1. n-m. doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

I am a doctor.
    Ik ben dokter.
You are a doctor.
    Je bent een dokter.
My father was a doctor.
    Mijn vader was dokter.
My wife is a doctor.
    Mijn vrouw is arts.
He believes that he is a doctor.
    Hij gelooft dat hij een dokter is.

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