- 1an amount of a medicine or a drug that is taken once, or regularly over a period of time a high/low/lethal dose Repeat the dose after 12 hours if necessary. Take a single dose at bedtime to help you sleep. I always take my daily dose of vitamin C. Wordfindermedicineadminister, capsule, dispense, dose, ill, inhaler, medicine, medication, pharmacy, placebo Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivehigh, large, massive, … verb + doseget, receive, take, … See full entry See related entries: Medication
- 2(informal) an amount of something A dose of flu kept me off work. Workers at the nuclear plant were exposed to high doses of radiation. I can cope with her in small doses (= for short amounts of time). Word Originlate Middle English: from French, via late Latin from Greek dosis ‘gift’, from didonai ‘give’.Extra examples She needs to be given a daily dose of the medicine. The film also contains a hefty dose of comedy. The nurse will administer the correct dose. a lethal dose of radiation a strong dose of painkillers patients who receive high doses of this drug Repeat dose after 12 hours if necessary. a high/low dose to take/give somebody a dose of medicineIdioms
(old-fashioned, British English, informal) very fast and easily He got through the housework like a dose of salts.
the same bad treatment that you have given to others Let the bully have a taste of his own medicine.
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