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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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term
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tûm, IPA(key): /t??m/
- (US) enPR: tûrm, IPA(key): /t?m/
- Rhymes: -??(r)m
Etymology 1
From Middle English terme, borrowed from Old French terme, from Latin terminus (“a bound, boundary, limit, end; in Medieval Latin, also a time, period, word, covenant, etc.”).
Doublet of terminus. Old English had termen, from the same source.
Noun
term (plural terms)
- That which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary.
- A chronological limitation or restriction.
- Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
- (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
- A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
- A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
- "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
- Relations among people.
- Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
- Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
- The time during which legal courts are open.
- Certain days on which rent is paid.
- With respect to a pregnancy, the period during which birth usually happens (approximately 40 weeks from conception).
- (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
- (archaic) A menstrual period.
- 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diary
- My wife, after the absence of her terms for seven weeks, gave me hopes of her being with child, but on the last day of the year she hath them again.
- 1660, Samuel Pepys, Diary
- (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
- (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
- The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes.
- (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
- (art) A statue of the upper body, sometimes without the arms, ending in a pillar or pedestal. [from 17th c.]
- 1773, Joshua Reynolds, in John Ingamells, John Edgcumbe (eds.), The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale 2000, p. 42:
- You have been already informed, I have no doubt, of the subject which we have chosen: the adorning a Term of Hymen with festoons of flowers.
- 1773, Joshua Reynolds, in John Ingamells, John Edgcumbe (eds.), The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale 2000, p. 42:
- (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
- The Cabin is large and commodious, well calculated for the Accommodation of Pa?engers. Merchandi?e, Produce, &c. carried on the lowe?t Terms.[1]
Hyponyms
- blanket term
- collective term
- umbrella term
- (part of a year): trimester, semester, quarter
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- idiom
- lexeme
- listeme
- word
Verb
term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)
- To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
Synonyms
- describe as, designate, dub, name, refer to; see also Thesaurus:denominate
Adjective
term (not comparable)
- (medicine, colloquial) Born or delivered at term.
References
- term on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Clipping of terminal.
Noun
term (plural terms)
- (computing, informal) A computer program that emulates a physical terminal.
Etymology 3
Short for terminate, termination, terminated employee, etc.
Verb
term (third-person singular simple present terms, present participle terming, simple past and past participle termed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To terminate one's employment
Synonyms
- axe, fire, sack; see also Thesaurus:lay off
Noun
term (plural terms)
- One whose employment has been terminated
Further reading
- term in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- term in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Albanian
Etymology
From ter.
Noun
term m (indefinite plural terma, definite singular terma, definite plural termat)
- foundation, plot of land
Related terms
- ter
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?rm
Noun
term m (plural termen, diminutive termpje n)
- term; A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
- (mathematics) term; One of the addends in a sum
Derived terms
- termsgewijs
Anagrams
- remt
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term
Noun
term m (definite singular termen, indefinite plural termer, definite plural termene)
- a term (word or phrase)
References
- “term” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin terminus, via French terme and English term
Noun
term m (definite singular termen, indefinite plural termar, definite plural termane)
- a term (word or phrase)
References
- “term” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
term c
- a term (a well-defined word or phrase, in a terminology)
- (mathematics) a term (an operand in addition or subtraction)
- singular of termer (“thermae, Roman baths”) (a facility for bathing in ancient Rome)
Declension
Related terms
- fackterm
- termbank
- terminologi
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