✨📕 The NEWThe NEW Collegiate Dictionary, 12th Edition Over 5,000 words added — Buy Now! Collegiate DictionaryBuy Now!

doc

1 of 2

noun

Synonyms of docnext
: 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
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Noun
But even in such harsh conditions, a number of docs on the Oscar long list this year are about social justice topics. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 7 Dec. 2025 Many celeb docs aim for Emmys instead. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2025 There is a show on Netflix called Trainwreck that makes docs about moments in culture that went terribly wrong. Jeff Hiller, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025 Mangione’s lawyers have detailed in court docs that at the McDonald’s, after one officer advised another that Mangione was officially under investigation and needed to be read his rights, arresting officers continued to question him. Molly Crane Newman, Mercury News, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for doc

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1740, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of doc was in 1740

Cite this Entry

“Doc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doc. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.

Medical Definition

doc

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

doc

2 of 2 abbreviation
document
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!