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dose

/ˈdəʊs/DOHS
/ˈdoʊs/DOHS

Meaninga portion given

Common meaning: a measured amount of medicine

Journey through time

  1. Greekδόσις; δίδωμι‘a giving’
  2. Old Frenchdosesource
  3. Englishdose‘a measured amount of medicine’ · today

dos also in: anecdoteantidote

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Greek δόσις; δίδωμι ‘a giving; a portion given’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry δόσις, p. 210 · dictionary scan

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Related words

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