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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating or pertaining to the degree of doctor, or to the profession of a teacher or doctor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or relating to a doctor, or to the degree of doctor.

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  • adjective Relating to a doctorate.

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  • adjective of or relating to a doctor or doctorate

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Examples

  • The book includes 15 essays that primarily focus on women with PhDs or in doctoral programs.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Peggy 2007

  • The Americans who actually are in doctoral programs are much more motivated and creative than large numbers of the foreign students – too many of whom are in programs primarily because they want the visa.

    Matthew Yglesias » Visas for Grads 2007

  • For its analysis, The Bee looked at computer science, the physical sciences, mathematics and engineering -- the four large disciplines with the biggest gender gap in doctoral students.

    Closing the Gender Gap in California? Peggy 2007

  • For its analysis, The Bee looked at computer science, the physical sciences, mathematics and engineering -- the four large disciplines with the biggest gender gap in doctoral students.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Peggy 2007

  • The book includes 15 essays that primarily focus on women with PhDs or in doctoral programs.

    Why Aren't More Women in Science? Peggy 2007

  • Modified from an email from Microbe-girl, a friend with way more than her fair share of trauma in doctoral progress so far:

    Archive 2006-02-01 ScienceWoman 2006

  • Studying ancient civilizations and languages and mythologies, all totally appealing, all very rare to see in anyone at all, let alone in abundance and in someone so young, as in this self-labelled doctoral student in ancient history.

    bard Diary Entry bard 2003

  • I'm doing my comp. exam (also called doctoral exam here) this summer.

    Ask MetaFilter ddaavviidd 2009

  • New Haven Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard says the body has not been identified as doctoral student Annie Le, who has been the focus of a massive police search since she vanished in the building on Tuesday.

    RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds 2009

  • New Haven Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichard says the body has not been identified as doctoral student Annie Le, who has been the focus of a massive police search since she vanished in the building on Tuesday.

    unknown title 2009

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