Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predoctoral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: pre-doc-tor-al
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to receiving a doctorate

Example Sentences

"a predoctoral fellowship"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English doctoral English predoctoral From pre- + doctoral.

Derived Forms

predoctorally

Frequently Paired Words

doctoral postdoctoral

Synonyms

predoctorate

Questions

What does predoctoral mean?: Prior to receiving a doctorate
Where does predoctoral come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English doctoral English predoctoral From pre- + doctoral.

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