dose

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /dəʊs/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /doʊs/

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Noun

Singular dose

Plural doses

1. (countable) (medicine) A dose is a measured amount of medicine that is taken at one time.

   Eat a dose of one spoonful of this cough medicine after every meal.

Verb

Plain form dose

Third-person singular doses

Past tense dosed

Past participle dosed

Present participle dosing

1. (transitive) If a doctor doses a patient, they administer a dose to them.

Related words

• dosage