You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for March 17.

Today’s word is doctor, spelled d-o-c-t-o-r. The stress mark in this word falls on the first syllable.

doc‧tor /ˈdɒktə $ ˈdɑːktər/ verb [transitive]

to dishonestly change something in order to gain an advantage

or

to change a document in order to deceive people

Here’s the word used in a sentence:

He had doctored his passport to pass her off as his daughter.

He was found to have provided the court with doctored evidence.

Florida police on Monday raided the home of a former state data scientist who claimed she was fired from the Department of Health for refusing to doctor coronavirus figures.

— Fox News, "Florida cops raid home of scientist who said she was fired for not doctoring COVID-19 data," 8 Dec. 2020

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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