Definitions for dose
doʊsdose

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dose, dosagenoun

   a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time

2. dose, dosagenoun

   the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time

3. venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STDnoun

   a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

4. acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zenverb

   street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

5. doseverb

   treat with an agent; add (an agent) to

   "The ray dosed the paint"

6. drug, doseverb

   administer a drug to

   "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dosenoun

   a quantity of radiation which an object absorbs, or to which it is exposed.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dosenoun

   A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.

2. dosenoun

   The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.

3. dosenoun

   A venereal infection.

4. doseverb

   to administer a dose

5. doseverb

   to prescribe a dose

6. Etymology: From dose, from dosis, from δόσις, used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from δίδωμι.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dosenoun

   1.So much of any medicine as is taken at one time. John Quincy

   Etymology: δόσις.

   The too vig’rous dose too fiercely wrought,
   And added fury to the strength it brought. John Dryden, Virgil.

   In a vehement pain of the head he prescribed the juice of the thapsia in warm water, without mentioning the dose. Arbuthnot.

   2. As much of any thing as falls to a man’s lot.

   No sooner does he peep into
   The world, but he has done his doe;
   Married his punctual dose of wives,
   Is cuckolded, and breaks, or thrives. Hudibras, p. ii.

   3. It is often used of the utmost quantity of strong liquor that a man can swallow. He has his dose, that is, he can carry off no more.

2. To Doseverb

   1. To proportion a medicine properly to the patient or disease.

   Plants seldom used in medicine, being esteemed poisonous, if corrected, and exactly dosed, may prove powerful medicines. William Derham, Physico-Theology.

   2. To give physick to any man in a ludicrous sense.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dose

   Dose is a song recorded by American singer Ciara released on September 14, 2018. The song was composed by Rodney Jerkins, Ciara, Carmen Reece and Sam Fischer.

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1. dose

   A dose refers to a specific quantity of a substance, such as a drug, pesticide, or radiation, administered or received during a particular period. It's usually measured in such a way that its effects can be monitored or predicted. In medicine, it could denote the amount of medication or drug given to a patient at one time or over a specific period.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dosenoun

   the quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time

2. Dosenoun

   a sufficient quantity; a portion; as much as one can take, or as falls to one to receive

3. Dosenoun

   anything nauseous that one is obliged to take; a disagreeable portion thrust upon one

4. Dosenoun

   to proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses

5. Dosenoun

   to give doses to; to medicine or physic to; to give potions to, constantly and without need

6. Dosenoun

   to give anything nauseous to

7. Etymology: [F. dose, Gr. do`sis a giving, a dose, fr. dido`nai to give; akin to L. dare to give. See Date point of time.]

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1. Dose

   Dose is the second studio album released by Gov't Mule. It was produced, recorded and mixed by Michael Barbiero and is a much darker record than Gov't Mule's self titled debut album. The songs "Thelonius Beck" and "Birth of the Mule" were tributes to jazz musicians Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis, respectively.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dose

   dōs, n. the quantity of medicine given to be taken at one time: a portion: anything disagreeable that must be taken.—v.t. to order or give in doses: to give anything nauseous to.—ns. Dōs′age, a practice or method of dosing; Dosim′eter, an apparatus for measuring minute quantities of liquid.—adj. Dosimet′ric.—n. Dosol′ogy, the science of doses—also Dosiol′ogy. [O. Fr. dose—Gr. dosis, a giving—didōmi, I give.]

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1. dose

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DOSE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dose is ranked #28679 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Dose surname appeared 831 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dose.
   
   93% or 773 total occurrences were White.
   2.8% or 24 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 16 total occurrences were Black.
   0.9% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Contagious Disease
   • Indefinite Quantity
   • Medicate
   • Medicine
   • Treat

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dose' in Nouns Frequency: #1665

Anagrams for dose »

1. does

2. odes

3. SOED

How to pronounce dose?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dose in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of dose in a Sentence

1. Jeff Daniels:

   It slows you down, it always reminds you when you go back into a movie or play that it’s an extra dose of special.

2. William Schaffner:

   There were lots of questions about whether an additional dose of polio vaccine was appropriate, and this just opens the door for the use of another dose of inactivated virus, that is injectable polio vaccine, in those circumstances where, for example, a local health department in concert with the CDC might recommend that.

3. Dietrich Bonhoeffer:

   If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

4. The SFDPH:

   Those same persons, had they received a primary mRNA 2-dose series instead, would be eligible for a maximum of [three] COVID-19 vaccine doses; [two] primary + [one] booster.

5. Jonathan Reiner:

   So with more cases mounting around the world, it makes sense to take care of the health care system, that's what the Israelis are going to do, and it's clear to me that's what we're going to do. We're just going to take it at an unnecessary, unacceptably long period of time to get to the point where we get a fourth dose. And I want to see a sense of urgency. Even more than urgency, I want to see a sense of nimbleness.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dose
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=dose
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dose
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dose
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dose
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dose
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=dose
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dose
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html