dose means "a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dose?

dose has 1 syllable: dose. In IPA it is /ˈdoʊs/.

What is another word for dose?

Close synonyms include dosage, dosage, venereal disease, VD, venereal infection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dose a common word?

dose is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dose?

1 word rhymes with dose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

dose — meaning, pronunciation and 6 definitions

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Synonymsdosage
Broadermedicine
Narrowerbooster draft hit lethal dose pill
2.
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
Synonymsdosage
Broaderindefinite quantity
3.
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
Synonymsvenereal disease VD venereal infection social disease Cupid's itch Cupid's disease Venus's curse sexually transmitted disease STD
Broadercontagious disease
Narrowergenital herpes gonorrhea granuloma inguinale syphilis lymphogranuloma venereum chlamydia
4.
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Synonymsacid back breaker battery-acid dot Elvis loony toons Lucy in the sky with diamonds pane superman window pane Zen
Broaderlysergic acid diethylamide

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
“The ray dosed the paint”
Broaderprocess
2.
administer a drug to
“They drugged the kidnapped tourist”
Synonymsdrug
Broadermedicate
Narroweranesthetize dope overdose narcotize poison
medicine

Other forms of dose

plural: doses·
past tense: dosed·
present participle: dosing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dose

What does dose mean?: dose means "a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in dose?: dose has 1 syllable: dose. In IPA it is /ˈdoʊs/.
What is another word for dose?: Close synonyms include dosage, dosage, venereal disease, VD, venereal infection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is dose a common word?: dose is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with dose?: 1 word rhymes with dose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dose come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

noun

4 sensesA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
Synonymsdosage
Broadermedicine
Narrowerbooster draft hit lethal dose pill
2.
the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
Synonymsdosage
Broaderindefinite quantity
3.
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
Synonymsvenereal disease VD venereal infection social disease Cupid's itch Cupid's disease Venus's curse sexually transmitted disease STD
Broadercontagious disease
Narrowergenital herpes gonorrhea granuloma inguinale syphilis lymphogranuloma venereum chlamydia
4.
street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Synonymsacid back breaker battery-acid dot Elvis loony toons Lucy in the sky with diamonds pane superman window pane Zen
Broaderlysergic acid diethylamide

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
treat with an agent; add (an agent) to
“The ray dosed the paint”
Broaderprocess
2.
administer a drug to
“They drugged the kidnapped tourist”
Synonymsdrug
Broadermedicate
Narroweranesthetize dope overdose narcotize poison
medicine

Other forms of dose

plural: doses·
past tense: dosed·
present participle: dosing·

Questions about dose

What does dose mean?: dose means "a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in dose?: dose has 1 syllable: dose. In IPA it is /ˈdoʊs/.
What is another word for dose?: Close synonyms include dosage, dosage, venereal disease, VD, venereal infection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is dose a common word?: dose is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with dose?: 1 word rhymes with dose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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