different between doctorate vs unemployment

English

Pronunciation

• (noun:)
  • (UK) enPR: d?k?t?r-?t, IPA^(key): /?d?k.t?.??t/
  • (US) enPR: d?k?t?r-?t, IPA^(key): /?d?k.t??.?t/
• (verb:)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?k.t?.?e?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?d?k.t??.e?t/
• Hyphenation: doc?tor?ate

Noun

doctorate (plural doctorates)

1. The highest degree awarded by a university faculty.

Derived terms

• honorary doctorate
• postdoctorate

Translations

Verb

doctorate (third-person singular simple present doctorates, present participle doctorating, simple past and past participle doctorated)

1. (archaic) To make (someone) into a doctor.
   • 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England

     He was bred […] in Oxford and there doctorated.

   • 1886, Simon Somerville Laurie, Lectures on the Rise and Early Constitution of Universities:

     Even after Salernum had a teacher of law [...] it could not doctorate in law.

Further reading

• doctorate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• corotated

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dok.to??ra?.te/, [d??kt?o???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dok.to?ra.te/, [d??kt??????t??]

Verb

doct?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of doct?r?

English

Etymology

un- +? employment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.?m?pl??.m?nt/

Noun

unemployment (countable and uncountable, plural unemployments)

1. The state of having no job; joblessness.

   Unemployment made Jack depressed.

2. The phenomenon of joblessness in an economy.

   Unemployment has been considered a cause of crime.

3. The level of joblessness in an economy, often measured as a percentage of the workforce.

   Unemployment was reported at 5.2% in May, up from 4.9% in April.

4. (countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.

   All unemployments, seasonal, frictional, cyclical, classical, whatever, mean that you're out of work.

5. (countable) An instance or period of joblessness.

   Until then his life had consisted of low-paying jobs, numberous unemployments, and drug use.

Synonyms

• joblessness, worklessness, unwork

Antonyms

• employment

Derived terms

Related terms

• unemployed

Translations

Further reading

• "unemployment" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 325.