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- pronunciation:
- dak
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 r
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A doctor is a person who cares for and gives medicine to sick people or animals.
The doctor told Andy's dad to stay in bed and take his pills four times a day.
- synonyms:
- physician, veterinarian
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| definition 2: |
A doctor is a person who has received the highest degree of education that colleges and universities can give.
Mrs. Diaz is a doctor with a degree in history. She is a professor.- similar words:
- academic
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| related words: |
graduate |
The word doctor
contains the following parts:
doc, doct
Latin
root
that means teach
  Example words:
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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