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dose
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French dose, from Late Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek ????? (dósis, “a portion prescribed”, literally “a giving”), used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from ?????? (díd?mi, “to give”). Doublet of doos.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /do?s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
dose (plural doses)
- A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
- The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation administered at any one time.
- (figuratively, dated) Anything disagreeable that must be taken.
- (figuratively, dated) A good measure or lengthy experience of something.
- A venereal infection.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 382:
- It would be very expensive to cure a dose here, as well as unbelievably painful.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 382:
Related terms
- dosage
Translations
Verb
dose (third-person singular simple present doses, present participle dosing, simple past and past participle dosed)
- (transitive) To administer a dose to.
- To prescribe a dose.
- To transmit a venereal disease.
- 1977, The White Buffalo, Wild Bill Hickok:
- Sometime back, one of your scarlet sisters dosed me proper.
- 1977, The White Buffalo, Wild Bill Hickok:
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
dose (plural doses)
- Archaic form of doze.
- 1839, Benjamin Abbott, Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rev. Benjamin Abbott
- 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 […]
- 1839, Benjamin Abbott, Experience and Gospel Labors of the Rev. Benjamin Abbott
Verb
dose (third-person singular simple present doses, present participle dosing, simple past and past participle dosed)
- Archaic form of doze.
Anagrams
- Does, SOED, deos, deso, does, odes
Afrikaans
Noun
dose
- plural of doos
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish doce, from Old Spanish doze, dodze, from Latin duodecim.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: do?se
Numeral
dose
- twelve
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:dose.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doz/
Etymology 1
From Latin dosis, from Ancient Greek ????? (dósis). Doublet of dot.
Noun
dose f (plural doses)
- proportion
- dose
Derived terms
- dose de cheval
- en avoir sa dose
Related terms
- doser
Descendants
- ? Turkish: doz
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dose
- first-person singular present indicative of doser
- third-person singular present indicative of doser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of doser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of doser
- second-person singular imperative of doser
Further reading
- “dose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
dose f (plural dosi)
- dose
- quantity, amount, measure
- deal (great-good) (gran dose-buona dose)
Derived terms
- dosare
Anagrams
- sedo, sedò, sode
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (dósis)
Noun
dose m (definite singular dosen, indefinite plural doser, definite plural dosene)
- a dose, dosage
References
- “dose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dose_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (dósis)
Noun
dose m (definite singular dosen, indefinite plural dosar, definite plural dosane)
- a dose, dosage
References
- “dose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
dose
- locative singular of dosa
- accusative plural of dosa
Portuguese
Noun
dose f (plural doses)
- dose (measured portion of medicine)
- (Portugal) portion (of a meal / food)
- Synonym: porção
- (informal) fix (a single dose of an addictive drug)
Further reading
- “dose” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish doce
Numeral
dose
- twelve
- Synonym: labindalawa
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course
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kôs, IPA(key): /k??s/
- (General American) enPR: kôrs, IPA(key): /k???s/, /k??s/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: k?rs, IPA(key): /ko(?)?s/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ko?s/
- (Tasmania) IPA(key): /k??s/
- Homophone: coarse; curse (Tasmania)
- Rhymes: -??(?)s, -??(?)s (Tasmania)
Etymology 1
From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from curr? (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?ers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus.
Noun
course (plural courses)
- A sequence of events.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- A programme, a chosen manner of proceeding.
- Any ordered process or sequence of steps.
- A learning programme, whether a single class or (Britain) a major area of study.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1992 August 21, Edwina Currie, Diary:
- Her course will be ‘Communication Studies with Theatre Studies’: God, how tedious, how pointless.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- (especially in medicine) A treatment plan.
- 1932, Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems
- Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting.
- 1932, Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems
- A stage of a meal.
- The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.
- He appointed […] the courses of the priests.
- A normal or customary sequence.
- A path that something or someone moves along.
- The itinerary of a race.
- A racecourse.
- The path taken by a flow of water; a watercourse.
- (sports) The trajectory of a ball, frisbee etc.
- (golf) A golf course.
- (nautical) The direction of movement of a vessel at any given moment.
- (navigation) The intended passage of voyage, such as a boat, ship, airplane, spaceship, etc.
- The itinerary of a race.
- (nautical) The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
- (in the plural, courses, obsolete, euphemistic) Menses.
- A row or file of objects.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- (roofing) A row of material that forms the roofing, waterproofing or flashing system.
- (textiles) In weft knitting, a single row of loops connecting the loops of the preceding and following rows.
- (masonry) A row of bricks or blocks.
- (music) One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to played together.
Hyponyms
- bird course
- crash course
- due course
- massive open online course (MOOC)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
course (third-person singular simple present courses, present participle coursing, simple past and past participle coursed)
- To run or flow (especially of liquids and more particularly blood).
- The oil coursed through the engine.
- Blood pumped around the human body courses throughout all its veins and arteries.
- 2013, Martina Hyde, "Is the pope Catholic?", The Guardian, 20 September 2013[1]
- He is a South American, so perhaps revolutionary spirit courses through Francis's veins. But what, pray, does the Catholic church want with doubt?
- (transitive) To run through or over.
- (transitive) To pursue by tracking or estimating the course taken by one's prey; to follow or chase after.
- (transitive) To cause to chase after or pursue game.
- to course greyhounds after deer
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of of course
Adverb
course (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of of course
Anagrams
- Couser, Crouse, Crusoe, cerous, coures, crouse, source
French
Etymology
From Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from curr? (“run”), with influence of Italian corsa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku?s/
Noun
course f (plural courses)
- run, running
- race
- errand
Usage notes
- course is a false friend, it does not mean "course". To translate the English word course to French, use cours.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Romanian: curs?
Further reading
- “course” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- coeurs, cœurs
- coures
- écrous
- source
Norman
Etymology
From Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from curr? (“run”).
Noun
course f (plural courses)
- (Jersey) course
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