Usually means: Highest academic degree in field.
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  1. doctorate: Merriam-Webster
  2. doctorate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. doctorate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. doctorate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. doctorate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Doctorate, doctorate: Wordnik
  7. doctorate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. doctorate: Wiktionary
  9. doctorate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. doctorate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Doctorate, doctorate: Dictionary.com
  12. Doctorate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Doctorate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. doctorate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. doctorate: Rhymezone
  16. Doctorate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. doctorate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. doctorate: FreeDictionary.org
  19. doctorate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. doctorate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. doctorate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. doctorate: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.
▸ verb:  (archaic) To make (someone) into a doctor.

Similar:
distinguished professor, honor, masteral, laureate, higher education, height, institute professor, master, valedictorian, great go, more...

Opposite:
bachelor's degree

Types:
PhD, EdD, MD, JD, DDS, DVM, PsyD, more...

Phrases:
doctorate degree, professional doctorate, juris doctorate, Professional Doctorate in Engineering, doctorate exam hurdles, more...

Adjectives:
honorary, first, professional, earned, second, medical, german, higher, post, clinical, theological

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Similar:
distinguished professor, honor, masteral, laureate, higher education, height, institute professor, master, valedictorian, great go, more...

Opposite:
bachelor's degree

Types:
PhD, EdD, MD, JD, DDS, DVM, PsyD, more...

Phrases:
doctorate degree, professional doctorate, juris doctorate, Professional Doctorate in Engineering, doctorate exam hurdles, a british doctorate, more...

Adjectives:
honorary, first, professional, earned, second, medical, german, higher, post, clinical, theological

Colors:
    crimson,     black,     gold,     maroon,     royal blue, more...



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