doc

1 of 2

noun

: doctor

doc

2 of 2

abbreviation

document

Examples of doc in a Sentence

Noun Am I going to be OK, doc? currently completing a residency as an emergency room doc
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Running less than two hours at a time when four-hour rock docs are not unusual, this is a swift, compact telling, with surprisingly little in the way of music and whole swaths of recording history skated over. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024 The doc follows Dion through her daily life, from hanging out with her sons to touring her archive warehouse, as divas are wont to do. EW.com, 23 May 2024 The full story of Lolla is a wildly sprawling one, and director Warren says wrestling it into a three-plus-hour doc meant crawling through 20,000-30,000 hours of footage, much of it courtesy of MTV News, which thoroughly covered the fest for years. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 May 2024 The doc meant that bagels should always be placed flat on a counter and sliced horizontally. Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for doc 

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1740, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of doc was in 1740

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“Doc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doc. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

Medical Definition

doc

1 of 2 noun
: doctor
used chiefly as a familiar term of address

doc

2 of 2 abbreviation
document
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