Ed.D.

[ ed-dee ]

abbreviation, noun,plural Ed.D.s
  1. the highest degree, a doctorate, awarded by a graduate school in the study of education, usually to a person who has completed at least three years of graduate study and a dissertation approved by a committee of professors.

  2. a person who has been awarded this degree.

  • Also called Doc·tor of Ed·u·ca·tion [dok-teruhv ej-oo-key-shuhn] /ˈdɒk tər əv ˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən/ .

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How to use Ed.D. in a sentence

  • Haught said he would send his son Edd with Doyle, and by a long roundabout forest road get the wagon up on the mesa.

  • That afternoon Edd and Doyle arrived, reporting an extremely rough, roundabout climb up to the rim, where they had left the wagon.

  • That morning we were scheduled for another bear hunt, on which I had decided to go down under the rim with Edd and George.

  • The magnificent view from the head of a trail where Edd started down impressed me so powerfully that I lagged behind.

  • At length I had descended the steep part to find Edd and George waiting for me below on the juniper benches.