English > doctorate: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | One of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university / university. |
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| Synonym | doctor's degree |
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| Narrower | Doctor of Arts, D.A. | A doctor's degree with a special disciplinary focus |
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| Doctor of Dental Medicine, DMD | A doctor's degree in dental medicine |
| Doctor of Dental Surgery, DDS | A doctor's degree in dental surgery |
| Doctor of Divinity, DD | A doctor's degree in religion |
| Doctor of Education, EdD, DEd | A doctor's degree in education |
| Doctor of Medicine, MD | A doctor's degree in medicine |
| Doctor of Music, DMus, MusD | A doctor's degree in music |
| Doctor of Musical Arts, AMusD | A doctor's degree in musical arts |
| Doctor of Optometry, OD | A doctor's degree in optometry |
| Doctor of Osteopathy, DO | doctor's degree in osteopathy |
| Doctor of Philosophy | A doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledge |
| Doctor of Public Health, DPH | A doctor's degree in preventive medicine |
| Doctor of Sacred Theology, STD | A doctor's degree in theology |
| Doctor of Theology, ThD | A doctor's degree in theology |
| Broader | academic degree, degree | An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study |
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| Spanish | doctorado |
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| Catalan | doctorat |
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| Adjectives | doctoral, doctorial | of or relating to a doctor or doctorate |
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