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noun ADJ. honorary | engineering, music, etc. VERB + DOCTORATE do, study for, take, write She's doing a doctorate in ancient history. | complete He's completed his doctorate on Victorian sexuality. | have The applicants all have doctorates from good universities. | be awarded, be granted, gain, get, obtain, receive DOCTORATE + NOUN degree | thesis, work PREP. ~ from a doctorate from Edinburgh University | ~ in a doctorate in Business Administration | ~ of a doctorate of divinity | ~ on a doctorate on post-colonial development
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