noun
doctorate
DOK-tuh-riht
noun
1
The highest academic degree awarded by a university.
"He completed his doctorate in physics last spring."
How to Use Doctorate
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe top-level university degree, such as a PhD.
Common pairings
earn a doctorate
hold a doctorate
doctorate in law
Word Forms
doctorated past tense, doctorates plural, doctorates singular
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Etymology
From Latin doctoratus.