How do you use the word "doctor" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "doctor" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "doctor": From the doctor's grim expression, it was clear he had somber news for the patient. It is necessary for you to see a doctor at once.

Doctor Meaning

/ˈdɒktə(ɹ)/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA physician; a member of the medical profession; one who is trained and licensed to heal the sick or injured. The final examination and qualification may award a doctor degree in which case the post-nominal letters are DO, DPM, MD, DMD, or DDS in the US, or MBBS or BDS in the UK.

nounA person who has attained a doctorate, such as a Ph.D. or Th.D. or one of many other terminal degrees conferred by a college or university.

Sentence Examples

From the doctor's grim expression, it was clear he had somber news for the patient.

It is necessary for you to see a doctor at once.

You'd better see a doctor about that cough.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

fix mend repair

Antonyms:

break

CEFR Practice Quiz

The sick patient visited the ____ for a routine checkup.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

From the ____'s grim expression, it was clear he had somber news for the patient.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin doctorbor. Old French doctur Anglo-Norman doctourder. Middle English doctour English doctor From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“to teach”). Displaced native Middle English lerare (“doctor, teacher”) (from Middle English leren (“to teach, instruct”) from Old English lǣran, lēran (“to teach, instruct, guide”), compare Old English lārēow (“teacher, master”)). Displaced Old English lǣċe (“doctor, physician”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death / Will seize the doctor too." — 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:

"So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries." — 1552, Hughe Latymer [i.e., Hugh Latimer], Augustine Bernher, compiler, “[The First Sermon]”, in Certayn Godly Sermons, Made uppon the Lords Prayer, […], London: […] John Day, […], published 1562, →OCLC, folio 5, verso:

"one of the doctors of Italy, Nicholas Macciavel" — 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

"The use of a disk doctor may be the only way of recovering valuable data following a disk crash." — 2010, Ramesh Bangia, Dictionary of Information Technology, page 172:

"[T]he material operation is that the doctor would catch a certain species of lizard under particular circumstances at a particular time. He would croon over it the name of the man while gently rattling his ‘devil bones,’ thus calling up the evil spirit that follows these particular charmed bones." — 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 177:

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