/ˈdɒktə/
Translation
A person whose job is to help sick people get well.
Word origin
From Latin doctor, meaning teacher, from a word that meant to teach.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- doctor
Grammar
Examples
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"Doctor" means a person who helps sick people.
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"Doctor" here means the person who treats illness.
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"Doctors" is the plural, meaning more than one doctor.
A doctor is a person whose job is to help people who are sick or hurt. The doctor looks at you, finds out what is wrong, and tells you how to get well. Most doctors work in a hospital or in a small office.
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Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
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