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to dose

to dose

28 3.8
To give a set amount of medicine to a person or animal
  • verb
  • /doʊs/
translation icon : dosificar
  • Say again, so when you take care of children, how do you dose their medication?

And the CIA actually for a while was dosing each other secretly.

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Examples

  • He learned how to dose his dog with the correct amount of flea medication.

  • The nurse will dose the patient with the prescribed amount of medicine.

  • Might have to dose you at the next rest stop.

  • Did you dose the Gen 2 with the serum?

  • Unless we dose her with Bellerophon, Nyah will kill herself.

  • I am reading up on herbs, dosing myself each day.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • So with my kid right now, we're dosing her with peanut butters.

  • In an attempt to strengthen her, her mother doses her with her own elixir, anisette.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Make sure to dose your medication according to the instructions on the label.

Antonyms

210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

Idioms

a dose of the clap
  • Offensive
9.9

A thing that is very unpleasant or embarrassing, like a joke that is not funny

Compounds

lethal dose
  • Specialized
14 6.7

An amount of a substance that is enough to cause death

7 2.6

An amount of medicine or vitamin taken each day to keep a person healthy

booster dose
  • Specialized
1 3.9

An extra vaccine dose given after the first doses to increase protection

correct dose
  • Specialized
1 3.4

The amount of medicine a person should take

dose rate
  • Specialized
1 6.3

Amount of radiation received in a given time

exposure dose
  • Specialized
6.8

A measurement of how much radiation a person or object receives that can harm the body

recall dose
  • Specialized
4.7

An extra vaccine or medicine given later to make the first one work well

How Much

to overdose
  • NSFW
47 4.8
to dose
28 3.8
to give
1.0

Surface Forms

dose infinitive
dosed past
dosed past participle
dosing present participle
doses third person singular

Etymology

Dose as a verb comes from the same old Greek dosis 'a giving', and it keeps the idea of 'giving' a measured amount of medicine or another substance to someone or something.