"doc" meaning in English

See doc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɑk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-dock.ogg Forms: docs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: Clipping of doctor. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|doctor}} Clipping of doctor Head templates: {{en-noun}} doc (plural docs)
  1. (informal) A doctor. Tags: informal Derived forms: autodoc, robodoc, what's up Doc Translations (doctor (informal)): dok (Afrikaans), toubib (French), doki (Hungarian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɑk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-dock.ogg Forms: docs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: Clipping of document. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|document}} Clipping of document Head templates: {{en-noun}} doc (plural docs)
  1. (informal, usually in the plural) A document, especially (in professional jargon) a piece of technical documentation or legal evidence. Tags: informal, plural-normally Derived forms: date-me doc, docblock, doc drop, docstring, low-doc loan, no-doc
    Sense id: en-doc-en-noun-en:document
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /dɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɑk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-dock.ogg Forms: docs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: Clipping of documentary. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|documentary}} Clipping of documentary Head templates: {{en-noun}} doc (plural docs)
  1. (informal) A documentary. Tags: informal Synonyms: docu, doccie [South-Africa], doco [Australia]
    Sense id: en-doc-en-noun-8gRbemrb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms of address, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 22 42 24 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 15 17 49 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 11 15 37 17 9 0 7 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 15 42 16 6 0 5 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /dɒk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɑk/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-dock.ogg Forms: docs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Etymology: Clipping of doctorate. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|doctorate}} Clipping of doctorate Head templates: {{en-noun}} doc (plural docs)
  1. Clipping of doctorate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: doctorate Derived forms: postdoc, post-doc
    Sense id: en-doc-en-noun-phSmEsvg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

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}

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  "categories": [
    "English clippings",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms of address",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒk",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒk/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "postdoc"
    },
    {
      "word": "post-doc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "doctorate"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of doctorate",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of doctorate.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "docs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "doc (plural docs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "doctorate"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English clippings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clipping of doctorate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "doctorate",
          "doctorate#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɒk/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɑk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-dock.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/En-us-dock.ogg/En-us-dock.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/En-us-dock.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒk"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Doc"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "dock"
    }
  ],
  "word": "doc"
}

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