doctor

[US]/'dɒktə/
[UK]/'dɑktɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mtaalamu wa afya ambaye amekuwa mwenye sifa na leseni ya kufanya mazoezi ya dawa; mtu ambaye amechukua digrii ya juu kabisa kutoka katika chuo kikuu
v. kubadilisha au kufalsifi; kuchanganya na vitu vya madhara; kuondoa uzazi.
Word Forms
Present Participledoctoring
Past Participledoctored
Pluraldoctors
Third Person Singulardoctors
Past Tensedoctored

Example Sentences

a doctor of divinity.

daktari wa theolojia.

the doctor was out on a call.

daktari alikuwa nje kwa simu.

a doctor's sudden decease.

kifo cha ghaali cha daktari.

doctors are not infallible.

madaktari hawatoshi bila ya makosa.

go to the doctor to be overhauled

nenda kwa daktari ili kufanyiwa uchunguzi.

a doctor's fee for a visit

gharama ya daktari kwa ziara.

He is a doctor by profession.

Yeye ni daktari kwa taabu.

The doctor will be free soon.

Daktari atakuwa huru hivi karibuni.

The doctor will be here presently.

Daktari atakuja hapa hivi karibuni.

The doctor is not available now.

Daktari haipatikani sasa.

Tom was a doctor of sorts.

Tom alikuwa daktari wa aina fulani.

That doctor’s a quack!

Daktari huyo ni mcheza-mcheza!

The doctor wrote a treatise on alcoholism.

Daktari aliandika maandishi kuhusu ulevi.

the doctor's been twice today.

Daktari amekuwa mara mbili leo.

the script doctor rewrote the original.

daktari wa hati ya kuandika alirekebisha yale ya awali.

he was made a Doctor of Divinity.

alifanywa Daktari wa Theolojia.

a doctor must be present at the ringside.

daktari lazima aonekane upande wa ringi.

Real-world Examples

The doctor found the insidious illness before she felt pain.

Daktari aligundua ugonjwa mbaya kabla hajihisi na uchungu.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Oh, you're a doctor now too? Sergeant.

Oh, wewe pia ni daktari sasa? Sergeant.

Source: Sherlock Holmes Detailed Explanation

They needed a doctor urgently, in the live animal tent.

Walihitaji daktari kwa haraka, kwenye eneo la wanyama hai.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) July 2015 Collection

Some doctors dismissed it, calling it psychosomatic.

Daktari wengine walikataa, wakikitwaa kama psychosomatic.

Source: This month VOA Special English

Could you also say maybe the doctor?

Je, unaweza pia kusema labda daktari?

Source: Wall Street Journal

He is a doctor in Mumbai, India.

Yeye ni daktari huko Mumbai, India.

Source: Global Slow English

Bachelors, masters, and doctors wear different gowns.

Bachelors, masters, na madaktari huvaa miwani tofauti.

Source: Entering Harvard University

Would you call a doctor for me?

Je, je uwaita daktari kwangu?

Source: American Tourist English Conversations

There are good doctors and nurses here.

Wana daktari na wauguzi wazuri hapa.

Source: Yilin Edition Oxford Junior English (Grade 7, Volume 2)

My friends refuse to call me a doctor.

Marafiki zangu hawarudishi kukinitwa kama daktari.

Source: Listening Digest

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