doctorate
Other forms: doctorates
A doctorate is an advanced university degree. Another name for a doctorate is a PhD. If you stick in school long enough, you just might end up with a doctorate (and a whole lot of debt).
Many years of specialized study can result in a doctorate, which qualifies the graduate to teach at a college or university. To be awarded a doctorate, a student has to complete a dissertation or thesis, a huge research project that focuses on her area of study. Someone who has a doctorate is known as a "Doctor of Philosophy," and the word itself comes from the Medieval Latin root doctoratus, or "made a doctor."
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one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a universitysynonyms: doctor's degreetypes:Doctor of Philosophya doctorate awarded for original contributions to knowledgePh.D., PhDa doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate studyDPhila British doctoratetype of:academic degree, degreean award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
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