Meaning

6 senses
  1. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

    Why did he give you only a single 500 mg dose? The correct dosage of this antibiotic is one 500 mg tablet twice a day for 10 days.

    Dosis, Dosis

    до́заdóza, до́заdóza, по́рцияpórcija

    до́заdóza

    a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

  2. The quantity of an agent (not always active), substance, or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.

    the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

  3. (dated, figuratively)Anything disagreeable that must be taken.

  4. (figuratively)A good measure or lengthy experience of something.

    a healthy dose of skepticism.

  5. (dated)A venereal infection.

  6. (Ireland, colloquial)A cold; a common, viral illness of the nasal passage, sometimes with fever.

    There's a dose going round.

Examples

67 sentences
  1. What dose have you given Tom?

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  2. What dose did you give Tom?

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  3. I knew I should've given you a stronger dose.

    deIch wusste, dass ich dir eine stärkere Dosis hätte geben sollen.

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  4. Please be sure to take one dose three times a day.

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  5. Double the dose.

    ruУдвой дозу.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
measured portion of medicine:
Русский
By meaning 2
measured portion of medicine:
quantity of an agent administered at any one time:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
measured portion of medicine:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis,

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”). Mostly displaced English drench. Doublet of doos.

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Forms

plural: doses
Singulardose
Pluraldoses

regular

Synonyms

22 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

27 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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