Parola del giorno in inglese

doctor

dottore

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
doctor
1. sost. maestro, precettore, insegnante, istruttore
inglese > inglese
doctor
1. subst. A 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-n
If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
2. subst. A 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.
3. subst. A veterinarian; a medical practitioner who treats non-human animals.
4. subst. A nickname for a person who has special knowledge or talents to manipulate or arrange transactions.
5. subst. (obsolete) A teacher; one skilled in a profession or a branch of knowledge; a learned man.
6. subst. (dated) Any mechanical contrivance intended to remedy a difficulty or serve some purpose in an exigency.
the doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter
the doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine".
7. subst. A fish, the friar skate.
8. v. To act as a medical doctor to.
Her children doctored her back to health.
9. v. (intransitive, humorous) To act as a medical doctor.
10. v. To make (someone) into an (academic) doctor; to confer a doctorate upon.
11. v. To physically alter (medically or surgically) a living being in order to change growth or behavior.
They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.
12. v. To genetically alter an extant species.
Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.
13. v. To alter or make obscure, as with the intention to deceive, especially a document.
To doctor the signature of an instrument with intent to defraud is an example of forgery.
14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take medicine.
italiano > inglese
dottore
1. n-m. (medicine) doctor
2. n-m. (colloquial, university, related to second level degree or to doctorate) doctor, graduate with a second level degree or a doctorate, Mr
il dottor Bianchi è il nostro avvocato - Mr Bianchi is our lawyer