{
    "term": "doctor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who has been trained in medical science, whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You'd better **see a doctor** about that cough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to ask/consult/visit your doctor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **doctor prescribed** antibiotics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor told me to stay in bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What does your doctor advise?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dr Staples *(= as a title/form of address)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's training to be a doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Anyone with a heart condition should consult a doctor before taking non-prescription medication."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you're worried about your blood pressure, ask your doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My mother never visited the doctor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do doctors prescribe too many antibiotics?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My doctor recommended that I incorporate soy into my diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Doctors diagnosed kidney failure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Doctors recommended sea air."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He left the hospital against doctor's orders."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor advised me to rest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor will see you now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We called the doctor immediately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who is your family doctor?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You should register with a doctor as soon as possible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "doctors who practise from home"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why won't he go to the doctor?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a hospital doctor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She grew up in a family of medical doctors but became a physicist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He went to an eye doctor who told him it must be a migraine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctors and nurses restarted his heart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the relationship between doctors and patients"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thank you, doctor."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["excellent", "good", "female"],
                "verb + doctor": ["register with", "call", "fetch"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a doctor’s appointment",
                    "a doctor’s office",
                    "a doctor’s surgery"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a place where a doctor sees patients",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an appointment at the doctor’s"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why don't you go to the doctor's?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor's doesn't open until 9."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you have to wait long at the doctor's?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a doctor's on the High Street."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seemed worse, so I rang the doctor's."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Call the doctor's for an appointment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She works at the doctor's in the village."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where's the nearest doctor's?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who has received the highest university degree",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a Doctor of Philosophy/Law"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dr Franks *(= as a title/form of address)*"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used as a title or form of address for a dentist or vet",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "exactly what somebody wants or needs",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɒktə(r)/",
                "audio": "do/doctor/doctor__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdɑːktər/",
                "audio": "do/doctor/doctor__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘learned person’ and ‘Doctor of the Church’): via Old French from Latin doctor ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’)."
}