Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #380 of 1319

dose (n.)

an amount of medicine

Examples

  • Take a double dose.

Key rules

  • A dose is an amount of medicine taken at one time
  • Take a dose, a double dose, a daily dose
  • Dose is countable

Use cases

  • Taking medicine
  • Pharmacy advice
  • Describing treatment
💡 Tip: Dose can also mean an amount of something bad, such as a dose of reality.
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