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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dose /doʊs/USA pronunciation n., v., dosed, dos•ing. n. [countable] - Drugsan amount of medicine to be taken at one time:an hourly dose of medicine.
- an intense and often disagreeable experience:a dose of bad luck.
- Physicsthe amount of radiation to which something has been exposed:The doses of radioactivity were already well past the lethal level.
v. [~ + object] - Drugsto give a dose of medicine to:We dosed her with non-aspirin tablets to reduce the fever.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dose (dōs),USA pronunciation n., v., dosed, dos•ing. n. - Drugsa quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, esp. of something disagreeable:Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow.
- Winean amount of sugar added in the production of champagne.
- Physics
- Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, esp. living tissue: measured in gray or rad.
- See exposure dose.
- Slang Termsa case of gonorrhea or syphilis.
v.t. - to administer in or apportion for doses.
- Drugsto give a dose of medicine to.
- Wineto add sugar to (champagne) during production.
v.i. - Drugsto take a dose of medicine.
- Greek dósis a giving
- Late Latin dosis
- earlier dos 1590–1600
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