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The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to understand that an economy may need some tender loving care, not just the so-called hard truths, if it's going to get by.
Jeffrey Sachs

Meaning of "doctoring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DOCTORING

doctoring  [ˈdɒktərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOCTORING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Doctoring is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DOCTORING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of doctoring in the English dictionary

The definition of doctoring in the dictionary is the act of making different in order to deceive, tamper with, falsify, or adulterate.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOCTORING


blistering
ˈblɪstərɪŋ
catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
centering
ˈsɛntərɪŋ
factoring
ˈfæktərɪŋ
flattering
ˈflætərɪŋ
fostering
ˈfɒstərɪŋ
glittering
ˈɡlɪtərɪŋ
hectoring
ˈhɛktərɪŋ
Kettering
ˈkɛtərɪŋ
lettering
ˈlɛtərɪŋ
mentoring
ˈmɛntərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
motoring
ˈməʊtərɪŋ
plastering
ˈplɑːstərɪŋ
scattering
ˈskætərɪŋ
shattering
ˈʃætərɪŋ
stuttering
ˈstʌtərɪŋ
tutoring
ˈtjuːtərɪŋ
unflattering
ʌnˈflætərɪŋ
watering
ˈwɔːtərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOCTORING

doctor
Doctor Martens
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of the Church
Doctor´s Commons
doctor´s degree
doctoral
doctoral dissertation
doctoral thesis
doctorand
doctorate
doctoress
doctorial
doctorless
doctorly
doctorship
doctrinaire
doctrinairism
doctrinal
doctrinal theology

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOCTORING

adoring
authoring
boring
bring
coloring
flooring
high-scoring
imploring
loring
low-scoring
mooring
neighboring
offshoring
parquet flooring
scoring
shoring
skijoring
snoring
tailoring
underscoring
vectoring

Synonyms and antonyms of doctoring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DOCTORING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «doctoring» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of doctoring

Translation of «doctoring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOCTORING

Find out the translation of doctoring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of doctoring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «doctoring» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

刮刀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

doctoring
570 millions of speakers

English

doctoring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डॉक्टरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجيير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

врачевание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

medicar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডাক্তার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

encrier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Doktor
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rakel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドクター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주겠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Doctoring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Doctoring
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

doctoring
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डॉक्टरेटिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doktorluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

doctoring
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Grzebanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загоїтись
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

falsificarea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

doctoring
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dokterswerk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

schabring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pynting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of doctoring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCTORING»

The term «doctoring» is regularly used and occupies the 93.930 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCTORING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about doctoring

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2 QUOTES WITH «DOCTORING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word doctoring.
1
David S. Goyer
I did three or four weeks of work on 'Godzilla;' it wasn't a page-one rewrite or anything like that. The term is 'script doctoring,' is what I did on it.
2
Jeffrey Sachs
The truth of good economic doctoring is to know the general principles, and to really know the specifics. To understand the context, and also, to understand that an economy may need some tender loving care, not just the so-called hard truths, if it's going to get by.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOCTORING»

Discover the use of doctoring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to doctoring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Proper Doctoring: A Book for Patients and their Doctors
They come for health and strength.” With these simple words David Mendel begins Proper Doctoring, a book about what it means (and takes) to be a good doctor, and for that reason very much a book for patients as well as doctors—which is ...
David Mendel, 2013
2
Doctoring: The Nature of Primary Care Medicine
The book shows that primary care medicine is not a retreat from scientific medicine, but the natural next step for medicine to take in the coming century.
Eric J. Cassell, 2002
3
Doctoring the Mind: Is Our Current Treatment of Mental ...
Arguing passionately for a future of mental health treatment that focuses as much on patients as individuals as on the brain itself, this is a book set to redefine our understanding of the treatment of madness in the twenty-first century.
Richard Bentall, 2009
4
Medical Wisdom and Doctoring: The Art of 21st Century Practice
This book details the lessons every physician should have learned in medical school but often didn't, as well as classic insights and examples from current clinical literature, medical history, and anecdotes from the author's long and ...
Robert B. Taylor, 2010
5
Big Doctoring in America: Profiles in Primary Care
In this engrossing collection of oral histories and provocative essays about the past and future of generalism in health care, Fitzhugh Mullan a pediatrician, writer, and historian argues that primary care is a fascinating, important, and ...
Fitzhugh Mullan, 2002
6
Doctoring Freedom: The Politics of African American Medical ...
For enslaved and newly freed African Americans, attaining freedom and citizenship without health for themselves and their families would have been an empty victory.
Gretchen Long, 2012
7
Doctoring the South: Southern Physicians and Everyday ...
Offering a new perspective on medical progress in the 19th century, Stowe provides an in-depth study of the mid-century culture of everyday medicine in the south.
Steven M. Stowe, 2004
8
Just Doctoring: Medical Ethics in the Liberal State
"One of the most important and exciting I have read in biomedical ethics in the last few years.
Troyen A. Brennan, 1991
9
Doctoring the Mind: Why psychiatric treatments fail
Richard Bentall picks apart the science that underlies current psychiatric practice across the US and UK. Arguing passionately for a future of mental health treatment that focuses as much on patients as individuals as on the brain itself, ...
Richard P Bentall, 2009
10
This Side of Doctoring: Reflections from Women in Medicine
This Side of Doctoring is a collection of over 100 personal essays and poems by female physicians over the last century and a half.
Eliza Lo Chin, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOCTORING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term doctoring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Honesty Is A Duty For Physicians Even When Telling Stories
Exposing those patients to the possibility of death or serious injury just to make a pedagogical point is bad teaching and unethical doctoring. «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Is the admissions process broken for Chinese students?
... counseling commonly available in China as well as concerns about agents doctoring or otherwise falsifying students' application materials. «Inside Higher Ed, Jul 15»
3
Vyapam scam: SC opens CBI safety valve for Shivraj, but don't count …
The Congress has accused the government of doctoring the records by changing the words “CM” at several places in the Excel sheet with other ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
4
Lane Filler: We laughed at Bill Cosby's sinister jokes
What's wrong with the sexual landscape when a man can talk about doctoring a woman's drink to make her perform sexual acts she otherwise ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jul 15»
5
A different beat
All of her doctoring for her heart condition was done at Abbot Northwestern Hospital in the Twin Cities, Weaver said. She and her husband, ... «AberdeenNews.com, Jul 15»
6
Skiving Shefford teacher struck off for faking doctor's sick notes so …
A teacher has been struck off after doctoring sick notes from his GP to get more time off work. Marshall Maylin – who worked at Samuel ... «Hertfordshire Mercury, Jul 15»
7
Gallant government sends Larry's Gulch report to prosecutor
"[The Gallant government is] doing the right thing to clear the air. Possible doctoring of documents a serious issue," he tweeted. Report Typo. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
8
We laughed at Bill Cosby's sinister jokes
What's wrong with the sexual landscape when a man can talk about doctoring a woman's drink to make her perform sexual acts she otherwise ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
9
Mahachi lied to us: Mayor
HARARE mayor Bernard Manyenyeni yesterday accused suspended town clerk Tendai Mahachi of doctoring his date of birth to escape ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»
10
Baggage or collateral damage? Marikana and Ramaphosa's path to …
She has a substantial collection of tattered t-shirts from having “been there and done it” – from government, the Zuma trials, spin-doctoring and ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»

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