Collocations for "doctor"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "doctor" in context.
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doctor
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [an eye, a family, a medical, a veterinary] doctor
- a [qualified, junior] doctor
- a [good, terrible, brilliant] doctor
- is [in school, studying] to be a doctor
- a doctor of [philosophy, science, linguistics]
- the doctor may [want, order, prescribe, recommend]
- have a doctor's appointment [on Monday, at 8:00]
- need to [see, go to, consult] a doctor
- (need to) get you to a doctor
- get a doctor to [examine you, look you over]
- am [seeing] a doctor [on Monday]
- [see] a doctor [immediately, right away] (if)
- would like to [see] [a different, another, a new, a second] doctor
- [tell, consult, ask] your doctor
- called for the doctor
- is anyone a doctor?!
- is there a doctor in the [house, restaurant]?
- what does your doctor say?
- [get, need] a doctor's opinion (about)
- [need, get] a doctor's note
- at the doctor's office
- UK: at the doctor's surgery
- the doctor [examined, checked, comforted] the patient
- let's play doctors and nurses
- a [script, spin] doctor
- I'm under doctor's orders (not) to
- most doctors [prescribe, recommend, advise]
- doctored the [evidence, results, facts, photos, samples]
- doctored the [facts] to [favor, include, show, suit]
- accused (him) of doctoring the [evidence]
- doctored her drink with [laxatives, sedatives, drugs]
- sports: doctored the ball
- dated: doctored [his broken arm, the lacerations]
- dated: doctored [her, the victim, the patient]
- dated: doctored back to health
'doctor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
advice
- affluent
- aliment
- answer
- apple
- appointment
- ask
- baby
- banter
- be
- call
- cancer
- capable
- care
- career
- case
- charge
- check
- choose
- competent
- consulation
- consult
- cutting
- diagnosis
- discharge
- discomfort
- discuss
- disguise
- displacement
- drape
- dressing
- drug
- duly
- elderly
- embarrassed
- emergency
- erection
- establish
- evaluate
- examine
- exclude
- experience
- extraordinary
- eye
- fetch
- fidget
- first
- fit
- forensic
- friend