Related Searches
on Ask.com
Doctorate - 6 dictionary results
Online Phd Programs
Accredited Online Ph.D Degrees At University of Phoenix. Learn More!
Phoenix.edu
Accredited Online Ph.D Degrees At University of Phoenix. Learn More!
Phoenix.edu
doc⋅tor⋅ate
[dok-ter-it] 
tər
Doctor of Philosophy
–noun
| 1. | Also called doctorate. the highest degree awarded by a graduate school, usually to a person who has completed at least three years of graduate study and a dissertation approved by a board of professors. |
| 2. | a person who has been awarded this degree. Abbreviation: Ph.D. |
doctor's degree
–noun
| 1. | any of several academic degrees of the highest rank, as the Ph.D. or Ed.D., awarded by universities and some colleges for completing advanced work in graduate school or a professional school. |
| 2. | an honorary degree conferring the title of doctor upon the recipient, as with the LL.D. degree. |
| 3. | a degree awarded to a graduate of a school of medicine, dentistry, or veterinary science. |
Also called doctorate (for defs. 1, 2).
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To Doctorate
| doc·tor·ate (dŏk'tər-ĭt) n. The degree or status of a doctor as conferred by a university. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Doctorate
Doc"tor*ate\, n. [Cf. F. doctorat.] The degree, title, or rank, of a doctor.Doctorate
Doc"tor*ate\, v. t. To make (one) a doctor. He was bred . . . in Oxford and there doctorated. -- Fuller.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : Doctorate
Spanish:
doctorado,
German:
das Doktorat,
Japanese:
博士号
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
