doctors'

Belonging to physicians

Doctors' is the possessive form of the plural noun doctors, indicating something belonging to or associated with multiple physicians: the doctors' lounge, the doctors' recommendations.

The apostrophe after the s distinguishes it from the singular possessive doctor's.

professional

offices

Professional work spaces

clinics · surgeries · waiting rooms · receptionists · schedules · referrals · fees · bills · hours · visits

association

orders

Instructions to obey

societies · councils · boards · committees · conferences · journals · ethics · codes · guidelines · standards

possession

bags

Flexible carrying containers

equipment · notes · handwriting · signatures · certificates · records · files · charts · desks · lounges

collective

consensus

General group agreement

recommendations · findings · research · studies · conclusions · testimony · statements · protests · strikes · demands

Opposites
grammatical number

doctors'doctor's

Belonging to a healer

physician's

professional role

doctors'patients

Those receiving medical treatment

nurses · technicians · pharmacists · orderlies · administrators

healthcare vs. non-healthcare

doctors'patients

Those receiving medical treatment

public's · families · consumers

Phrases
Family

doctor, doctors, doctored, doctoring, doctor's, doctorate, doctoral, doctorates, postdoctoral

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G