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Synonyms

doc

1 American  
[dok] / dɒk /

noun

Informal.

  1. doctor.

  2. a casual, impersonal term of address used to a man.

doc 2 American  
[dok] / dɒk /

noun

Informal.

  1. a document, especially a document on a computer.

DOC 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Department of Commerce.

doc. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. document.

DOC 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Denominazione di Origine Controllata: used of wines

  2. (in New Zealand) Department of Conservation

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doc. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. document

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doc 3 British  
/ dɒk /

noun

  1. informal short for doctor, esp a medical doctor: often used as a term of address

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Etymology

Origin of doc1

First recorded in 1845–50; by shortening

Origin of doc2

By shortening

Example Sentences

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One segment of the doc pulls from a somber video from the LAPD’s Hollenbeck division that describes Dead City’s Boyle Heights show in a “Critical Incident Community Briefing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

The TV doc is on blood thinners now and is still doing some physical therapy after spending two months post-stroke working through PT and occupational therapy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Another lamented that they cry at the end of every dino doc, even though they know the asteroid is coming and extinction is on the horizon.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

"Congrats to our Emmy-winning doc team, the town, and Wrexham AFC for always making things so dramatic and stressy. Good for TV, bad for blood pressure."

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

It’s why I watch the Sullivan Ballou letter-to-his-wife scene in the Ken Burns doc The Civil War over and over—because I’m challenging my own heart to burst.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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