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# doctor

«doctor» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person trained to look after people who are ill or hurt…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (doctor, doctors; Dr); verb (doctor, doctors, doctored — change something dishonestly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person trained to look after people who are ill or hurt and to help them get better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#m1)

2) A person with the highest university degree (Dr). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#m2)

3) As a verb, to change something in a sneaky way: "doctored photos". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health: visit the doctor for check-ups or when ill; doctors check your body, give advice and medicines; only take medicine a doctor or trusted adult gives you. Vets are doctors for animals. Phrases: go to the doctor, see a doctor, family doctor, GP (British), doctor's appointment.

### examples

- I went to the doctor because I had a fever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#x1)
- The doctor listened to my heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#x2)
- She wants to be a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#x3)
- Take only the medicine the doctor gave you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#x4)
- A vet is a doctor for animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#x5)
- Dr Smith is our family doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#x6)
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#x7)
- That photo has been doctored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#x8)
- "We've cured her," say the doctors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/#x9)

### note

Short form "Dr" (or "Dr." in America) before a name. Doctors can be men or women. A "GP" in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand is a family doctor.

### In the corpora

- [A food bank is a charity that gives free food parcels, usually after a referral from someone like a school or a doctor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/17/)
- [Midwives and doctors check on mum and baby all the way through.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/5/)
- [When grown-ups are ill, they usually see the GP, the family doctor at the local surgery.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/0/)
- [Doctors have more patients than time, so getting an appointment can mean ringing early or waiting weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/1/)
- [Non-urgent appointments can be weeks away because doctors have more patients than time; urgent problems are seen sooner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «doctor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/doctor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.