dosage

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity

US /ˈdoʊsɪdʒ/ UK /ˈdəʊsɪdʒ/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the amount or regulated administration of a medicine

The doctor adjusted the dosage to ease the side effects.

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1 noun · the amount or regulated... dose amount quantity measure portion

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Related forms dose dosing

Etymology

From dose + -age; dose is from French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dosis ('a giving'), from didonai ('to give').

dose French dosis la-lat didonai Ancient Greek

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# dosage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈdoʊsɪdʒ
**IPA (UK):** ˈdəʊsɪdʒ

## Meanings
1. the amount or regulated administration of a medicine

## Examples
- The doctor adjusted the dosage to ease the side effects.

## Synonyms
- dose
- amount
- quantity
- measure
- portion

## Related Forms
- dose
- dosing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dose
- Root: dosis
- Root: didonai

## Etymology
From dose + -age; dose is from French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dosis ('a giving'), from didonai ('to give').

## AI Etymology
Dosage is from dose + -age; dose is from French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Greek dosis ('a giving'), from didonai ('to give'). The ancestry passes through French dose, Ancient Greek dosis, and Ancient Greek didonai. In present use as a noun, it means "the amount or regulated administration of a medicine", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include dose and dosing. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in dose and dosing, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity

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