dose
dose · doses · dosed · dosing
дозувати
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dosieren
To administer a dose toTo administer a dose (of medicine) to.
UK/ˈdəʊ̯s/US/ˈdoʊ̯s/
» What dose have you given Tom?
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4 senses(transitive)To administer a dose (of medicine) to.
dosieren
дозува́тиdozuváty
administer a drug to
To prescribe a dose.
dosieren
(transitive)To surreptitiously administer a dose of an incapacitating drug (to an unwilling subject); to roofie.
(dated, transitive)To transmit a venereal disease to.
Examples
67 sentencesTranslations
5 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
to administer a dose:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to administer a dose:
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
doses, dosing, dosed, dosedSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- administer a drug to:drug
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle