doctor
noun/ˈdɑːktər/
(abbreviation Dr)
Слово англійською: doctor
Переклад doctor українською: до́ктор (нау́к), лі́кар
Детальний опис
- a person who has been trained in medical science, whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured
- You'd better see a doctor about that cough.
- to ask/consult/visit your doctor
- The doctor prescribed antibiotics.
- The doctor told me to stay in bed.
- What does your doctor advise?
- Dr Staples (= as a title/form of address)
- He's training to be a doctor.
Wordfinder- A & E
- admit
- consultant
- doctor
- hospital
- ICU
- inpatient
- nurse
- operation
- ward
Wordfinder- cure
- doctor
- examine
- medicine
- patient
- practice
- prescribe
- receptionist
- specialist
- surgeon
- doctor’sa place where a doctor sees patients
- an appointment at the doctor’s
- Why don't you go to the doctor's?
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- florist’s
- greengrocer’s
- grocer’s
- hairdresser’s
- ironmonger’s
- jeweller’s
- newsagent’s
- optician’s
- stationer’s
- tobacconist’s
- travel agent’s
- a person who has received the highest university degree
- a Doctor of Philosophy/Law
- Dr Franks (= as a title/form of address)
- (especially North American English) used as a title or form of address for a dentist or vet see also spin doctor
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).
Idioms
just what the doctor ordered
- (humorous) exactly what somebody wants or needs