PhD
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- noun
- /piː eɪtʃ diː/
- UK
:
doctorado
- Angela Hayden, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Kentucky.
- PhD dissertation
- received a PhD
- PhD research
We employ people with PhDs in social science.
- We employ people with PhDs in social science.
- He has he has his PhD and his JD from UCLA.
- Are there people with PhDs and MBAs that they could choose?
- I wasn't going to finish my PhD after my exams.
- She's got a neuroscience PhD or two now.
- Honestly, I thought I would have a PhD, be married and have kids.
- They think their PhD entitles them to the better life.
- He, he, he holds a degree, PhD from Yale.
- And I, I, I did half a PhD.
- You get some PhDs to write articles and they all cite each other.
- The fact is, I do have one PhD.
Examples
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Andrew Bensley Adams, PhD candidate in computer science.
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And This is why, you know, the PhD was important.
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And in my PhD there were several different parts.
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Her problem is that you spent eight years getting a PhD and then went to work for the post office.
Fiction book (1990) -
My name is Michael Thai, PhD student from Cambridge University.
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We employ people with PhDs in social science.
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Rebecca Molholt received her PhD in art history from Columbia University in 2008.
Academic text (2011) -
Stacy L. Frazier, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Florida International University.
Academic text (2011) -
After years of research, Maria finally completed her PhD in environmental science.
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He was proud to have earned his PhD in psychology after studying for nearly seven years.
Synonyms
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A university degree you get after long study and your own research
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A university degree that shows you did new research after several years of study
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The highest university award for advanced study and research, often called a PhD
A university degree for advanced research in one subject usually earned after several years and a long research paper
An advanced university degree equal to a PhD often awarded by some British universities such as Oxford
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Etymology
PhD comes from the Latin phrase Philosophiae Doctor, which means 'doctor of philosophy' and where Doctor originally meant 'teacher' and Philosophiae means 'love of wisdom'. That's why a PhD is a high university degree that shows someone is an expert after long study and research.