doctor
♦♦ doc|tor /d'ɒktər/ (doctors doctoring doctored)
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A doctor is someone who is qualified in medicine and treats people who are ill.
Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor...
Doctor Paige will be here right after lunch to see her.
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A dentist or veterinarian can also be called doctor. (AM)
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The doctor's is used to refer to the surgery or office where a doctor works.
I have an appointment at the doctors.
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A doctor is someone who has been awarded the highest academic or honorary degree by a university.
He is a doctor of philosophy.
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If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people.
They doctored the prints to make her look as awful as possible.fami|ly doc|tor (family doctors)
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A family doctor is a doctor who does not specialize in any particular area of medicine, but who has a medical practice in which he or she treats all types of illness. (BRIT)
= GPfly|ing doc|tor (flying doctors)
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A flying doctor is a doctor, especially in Australia, who travels by aircraft to visit patients who live in distant or isolated areas.spin doc|tor (spin doctors)
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In politics, a spin doctor is someone who is skilled in public relations and who advises political parties on how to present their policies and actions. (INFORMAL)witch doc|tor (witch doctors)
also witch-doctor
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A witch doctor is a person in some societies, for example in Africa, who is thought to have magic powers which can be used to heal people.
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A doctor is someone who is qualified in medicine and treats people who are ill.
Do not discontinue the treatment without consulting your doctor...
Doctor Paige will be here right after lunch to see her.
2 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE; N-VOC]
A dentist or veterinarian can also be called doctor. (AM)
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, the N
The doctor's is used to refer to the surgery or office where a doctor works.
I have an appointment at the doctors.
4 [N-COUNT; N-TITLE]
A doctor is someone who has been awarded the highest academic or honorary degree by a university.
He is a doctor of philosophy.
5 [VERB] V n
If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people.
They doctored the prints to make her look as awful as possible.fami|ly doc|tor (family doctors)
[N-COUNT] oft poss N
A family doctor is a doctor who does not specialize in any particular area of medicine, but who has a medical practice in which he or she treats all types of illness. (BRIT)
= GPfly|ing doc|tor (flying doctors)
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A flying doctor is a doctor, especially in Australia, who travels by aircraft to visit patients who live in distant or isolated areas.spin doc|tor (spin doctors)
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In politics, a spin doctor is someone who is skilled in public relations and who advises political parties on how to present their policies and actions. (INFORMAL)witch doc|tor (witch doctors)
also witch-doctor
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A witch doctor is a person in some societies, for example in Africa, who is thought to have magic powers which can be used to heal people.