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
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Noun
The 33-minute doc, which premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival, follows Samantha Fuentes four years after being shot with an AR-15 during the Parkland High School shooting. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025 Interview 'Nobody's Going to be Having Any Moral Epiphanies': An Interview with Patrick Radden Keefe Matthew Braga Talking to the author of Empire of Pain about the value of editors, the family name as a brand, and the feeling of getting your hands on the hot docs. Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025 With next year being 20 years since the attack, Channel 4 recently premiered Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube about de Menezes, Netflix is making a doc titled 7/7: Hunting the London Bombers and Sky is behind 7/7: Britain’s Day of Terror. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025 During his court appearance, he was charged with first- and second-degree murder as well as arson, according to court docs. Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for doc 

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 18 Jan. 2025.

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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