dose

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US /ˈdoʊ̯s/ UK /ˈdəʊ̯s/ See IPA manual

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Sounds like doss /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/

noun verb Freq #6549

Meanings

1

noun
A measured amount of medicine to be taken at one time.

Be careful not to take more than the prescribed dose.
2

noun
An amount of something experienced at one time.

A daily dose of exercise keeps her feeling energetic.
3

verb
To give someone a measured amount of medicine.

The nurse dosed the patient with painkillers every four hours.

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1 noun · a measured amount of... dosage

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Forms doseddosesdosing

Derived forms doseabledosemeterdosologyinterdoseisodosemacrodosemegadosemicrodosemultidosepaleodosepostdosepredose

Related forms dosage

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Doublet of doos.

*deh₃- Proto-Indo-European dosis la-lat δόσις Ancient Greek

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# dose

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈdoʊ̯s
**IPA (UK):** ˈdəʊ̯s
**Frequency rank:** 6549

## Meanings
1. A measured amount of medicine to be taken at one time.
2. An amount of something experienced at one time.
3. To give someone a measured amount of medicine.

## Examples
- Be careful not to take more than the prescribed dose.
- A daily dose of exercise keeps her feeling energetic.
- The nurse dosed the patient with painkillers every four hours.

## Derived Forms
- doseable
- dosemeter
- dosology
- interdose
- isodose
- macrodose
- megadose
- microdose
- multidose
- paleodose
- postdose
- predose

## Related Forms
- dosage

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *deh₃-
- Root: dosis
- Root: δόσις

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Doublet of doos.

## AI Etymology
Dose is borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”). Doublet of doos. In current use, the main senses are “A measured amount of medicine to be taken at one time” and “An amount of something experienced at one time”.

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- Numbers & Quantity

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