doctorate

C2+ Topic:Education & Learning

US /ˈdɑktərət/ UK /ˈdɒktərət/ See IPA manual

noun

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noun
the highest academic degree awarded by a university

She earned her doctorate in molecular biology after six years of study.

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1 noun · the highest academic degree... phddoctor degree

Word family

Derived forms doctoral

Related forms doctordoctoraldoctorial

Etymology

From Medieval Latin doctoratus ('the dignity of a doctor'), from Latin doctor ('teacher'), from docere ('to teach').

doctoratus Latin doctor Middle English docere Latin *dek- Proto-Indo-European

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Education & Learning Word Formation & Derivatives

# doctorate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈdɑktərət
**IPA (UK):** ˈdɒktərət

## Meanings
1. the highest academic degree awarded by a university

## Examples
- She earned her doctorate in molecular biology after six years of study.

## Synonyms
- phd
- doctor
- degree

## Derived Forms
- doctoral

## Related Forms
- doctor
- doctoral
- doctorial

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: doctoratus
- Root: doctor
- Root: docere
- Root: *dek-

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin doctoratus ('the dignity of a doctor'), from Latin doctor ('teacher'), from docere ('to teach').

## AI Etymology
Doctorate is from Medieval Latin doctoratus ('the dignity of a doctor'), from Latin doctor ('teacher'), from docere ('to teach'). Important recorded forms include doctoratus (Latin), doctor (Latin), docere (Latin), and *dek- (Proto-Indo-European). The current sense covers the highest academic degree awarded by a university. The wider family includes derived forms such as doctoral and related words such as doctor, doctoral, and doctorial.

## Topics
- Education & Learning
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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