"dose" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dəʊs/ [UK], /doʊs/ [US] Audio: en-us-dose.ogg [US] Forms: doses [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊs Etymology: 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”). Doublet of doos. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₃-}}, {{bor|en|frm|dose}} Middle French dose, {{der|en|LL.|dosis}} Late Latin dosis, {{der|en|grc|δόσις||a portion prescribed|lit=a giving}} Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), {{m|grc|δίδωμι||to give}} δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”), {{doublet|en|doos}} Doublet of doos Head templates: {{en-noun}} dose (plural doses)
  1. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time. Translations (measured portion of medicine): δόσις (dósis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ⁧جُرْعَة⁩ (jurʕa) [feminine] (Arabic), ⁧جُرْعَة⁩ (jurʕa) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), পালি (pali) (Assamese), до́за (dóza) [feminine] (Belarusian), до́за (dóza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dosi [feminine] (Catalan), 劑量 (Chinese Mandarin), 剂量 (jìliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), (一)劑 (Chinese Mandarin), (jì) (Chinese Mandarin), (一)剂 (jì) (Chinese Mandarin), dávka [feminine] (Czech), dosis [common-gender] (Danish), dosis [feminine] (Dutch), dozo (Esperanto), annus (Estonian), annos (Finnish), lääkeannos (Finnish), dose [feminine] (French), dose [feminine] (Galician), Dosis [feminine] (German), δόση (dósi) [feminine] (Greek), adag (Hungarian), dózis (Hungarian), dozo (Ido), dose [feminine] (Italian), 用量 (yōryō) (alt: ようりょう) (Japanese), កំរិត (kɑmrɨt) (Khmer), dosis [feminine] (Latin), dozė [feminine] (Lithuanian), dos (Malay), खुराक (khurāk) (Nepali), dose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dose [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dòsi [feminine] (Occitan), dawka [feminine] (Polish), dose [feminine] (Portuguese), до́за (dóza) [feminine] (Russian), доза [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), doza [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dávka [feminine] (Slovak), doza [feminine] (Slovene), dosis [feminine] (Spanish), dos [common-gender] (Swedish), dosis (Tagalog), ขนาดยา (Thai), སྨན་ཐུན (sman thun) (Tibetan), doz (Turkish), до́за (dóza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), doaze (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-dose-en-noun-E61OiZKJ Disambiguation of 'measured portion of medicine': 80 2 3 5 5 4
  2. The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered or experienced at any one time.
    Sense id: en-dose-en-noun-tjgc0bBM
  3. (figurative, dated) Anything disagreeable that must be taken. Tags: dated, figuratively Synonyms: fill
    Sense id: en-dose-en-noun-aUUVXLD1
  4. (figurative, dated) A good measure or lengthy experience of something. Tags: dated, figuratively
    Sense id: en-dose-en-noun-dWiUWB9G
  5. A venereal infection.
    Sense id: en-dose-en-noun-~d~6Sg06
  6. (Ireland, colloquial) A cold; a common, viral illness of the nasal passage, sometimes with fever. Tags: Ireland, colloquial
    Sense id: en-dose-en-noun-g0n06Fzz Categories (other): Irish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dosage Translations (quantity of an agent administered at any one time): до́за (dóza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dosi [feminine] (Catalan), 剂量 (jìliàng) (Chinese Mandarin), dosis [common-gender] (Danish), portion [common-gender] (Danish), dozo (Esperanto), annus (Estonian), annos (Finnish), Dosis [feminine] (German), δόση (dósi) [feminine] (Greek), dose [feminine] (Italian), dose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dose [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), dawka [feminine] (Polish), doza [feminine] (Polish), porcja [feminine] (Polish), miarka [feminine] (Polish), dose [feminine] (Portuguese), до́за (dóza) [feminine] (Russian), по́рция (pórcija) [feminine] (Russian), dávka (Slovak), dosis [feminine] (Spanish), dosis (Tagalog)

Noun

Forms: doses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dose (plural doses)
  1. Archaic form of doze. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: doze
    Sense id: en-dose-en-noun-ep6G3745
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /dəʊs/ [UK], /doʊs/ [US] Audio: en-us-dose.ogg [US] Forms: doses [present, singular, third-person], dosing [participle, present], dosed [participle, past], dosed [past]
Rhymes: -əʊs Etymology: 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”). Doublet of doos. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deh₃-}}, {{bor|en|frm|dose}} Middle French dose, {{der|en|LL.|dosis}} Late Latin dosis, {{der|en|grc|δόσις||a portion prescribed|lit=a giving}} Ancient Greek δόσις (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), {{m|grc|δίδωμι||to give}} δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”), {{doublet|en|doos}} Doublet of doos Head templates: {{en-verb}} dose (third-person singular simple present doses, present participle dosing, simple past and past participle dosed)
  1. (transitive) To administer a dose to. Tags: transitive Translations (to administer a dose): give en dosis (Danish), dozi (Esperanto), annostella (Finnish), dosieren (German), dozigar (Ido), dozować (Polish), dawkować (Polish), dosar (Portuguese), dávkovať (Slovak), dosera (Swedish), дозува́ти (dozuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dose-en-verb-hegO-AFk Disambiguation of 'to administer a dose': 80 16 5
  2. To prescribe a dose. Translations (to prescribe a dose): dosere (Danish), dozi (Esperanto), annostaa (Finnish), dosieren (German), dozigar (Ido), dosar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-dose-en-verb-Tdtp1vxQ Disambiguation of 'to prescribe a dose': 5 93 2
  3. To transmit a venereal disease.
    Sense id: en-dose-en-verb-FMVe6~qi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: microdose
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: doses [present, singular, third-person], dosing [participle, present], dosed [participle, past], dosed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} dose (third-person singular simple present doses, present participle dosing, simple past and past participle dosed)
  1. Archaic form of doze. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: doze
    Sense id: en-dose-en-verb-ep6G3745
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "ようりょう",
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          "word": "កំរិត"
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          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
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          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
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          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dòsi"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "dóza",
          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
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          "word": "до́за"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
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          "word": "доза"
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        {
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "doza"
        },
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          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dávka"
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          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "doza"
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          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
          "word": "ขนาดยา"
        },
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          "lang": "Tibetan",
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          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
          "word": "སྨན་ཐུན"
        },
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
          "word": "doz"
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        {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "a portion prescribed",
        "lit": "a giving"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to give"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
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        "A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time."
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          "medicine"
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2014-04-21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884",
          "text": "Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death. Nowadays workers are exposed to far lower doses and manganism is rare.",
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        }
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        "The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered or experienced at any one time."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
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        "Anything disagreeable that must be taken."
      ],
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          "disagreeable"
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        "(figurative, dated) Anything disagreeable that must be taken."
      ],
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        "dated",
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      ]
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 78",
          "text": "The prospect of becoming a father is a dose of reality that threatens to bring his dream world crashing down.",
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        }
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      ],
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        "dated",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1972, Shel Silverstein (lyrics and music), “Don't Give A Dose to the One You Love Most”",
          "text": "Don't give a dose to the one you love most. / Give her some marmalade... give her some toast.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 382",
          "text": "It would be very expensive to cure a dose here, as well as unbelievably painful.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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          "venereal"
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      ]
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        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Irish English"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "There's a dose going round.",
          "type": "example"
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          "viral"
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          "illness"
        ],
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          "passage",
          "passage"
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          "fever",
          "fever"
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        "Ireland",
        "colloquial"
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        "UK"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/doʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jurʕa",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧جُرْعَة⁩"
    },
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      "code": "acw",
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      "roman": "jurʕa",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "pali",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "পালি"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dóza",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dóza",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "劑量"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìliàng",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "剂量"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "(一)劑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jì",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "剂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jì",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "(一)剂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dávka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "dozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "annus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "annos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "lääkeannos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dósi",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δόση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dósis",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δόσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "adag"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "dózis"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "dozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ようりょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yōryō",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "用量"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɑmrɨt",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "កំរិត"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dozė"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "dos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "khurāk",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "खुराक"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dòsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dawka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dóza",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доза"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dávka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "ขนาดยา"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sman thun",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "སྨན་ཐུན"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "doz"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dóza",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "measured portion of medicine",
      "word": "doaze"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dóza",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìliàng",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "word": "剂量"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "portion"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "word": "dozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "word": "annus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "word": "annos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dósi",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δόση"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dawka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "doza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porcja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dóza",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pórcija",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́рция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "word": "dávka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "quantity of an agent administered at any one time",
      "word": "dosis"
    }
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "microdose"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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        "To administer a dose to."
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To prescribe a dose."
      ],
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          "prescribe",
          "prescribe"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1977, The White Buffalo, Wild Bill Hickok",
          "text": "Sometime back, one of your scarlet sisters dosed me proper.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To transmit a venereal disease."
      ],
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        [
          "transmit",
          "transmit"
        ],
        [
          "venereal",
          "venereal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/dəʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/doʊs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-dose.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/En-us-dose.ogg",
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        "US"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "give en dosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "dozi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "annostella"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "dosieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "dozigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "dozować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "dawkować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "dosar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "dávkovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "word": "dosera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dozuváty",
      "sense": "to administer a dose",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "дозува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to prescribe a dose",
      "word": "dosere"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to prescribe a dose",
      "word": "dozi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prescribe a dose",
      "word": "annostaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prescribe a dose",
      "word": "dosieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to prescribe a dose",
      "word": "dozigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to prescribe a dose",
      "word": "dosar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dose"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "",
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      "form": "doses",
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        "plural"
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      "expansion": "dose (plural doses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "doze"
        }
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        "English archaic forms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1839, Benjamin Abbott, Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rev. Benjamin Abbott",
          "text": "Just at the dawning of the day, I fell into a dose more like sleep than any I had during the whole night, in which I dreamed that I saw a river as clear as crystal […]",
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        }
      ],
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        "Archaic form of doze."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "doze",
          "doze#English"
        ]
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        "archaic"
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}

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  "etymology_text": "",
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      "form": "doses",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
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    },
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1918, William Henry Hudson, Far Away And Long Ago",
          "text": "It was to me a marvellous experience; to be here, propped up with pillows in a dimly-lighted room, the night-nurse idly dosing by the fire; the sound of the everlasting wind in my ears, howling outside […]",
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      ],
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        "Archaic form of doze."
      ],
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          "doze#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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