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# dose

«dose» in Mova's school dictionary: **the amount of medicine you take at one time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a dose, doses); verb (dose, doses, dosed, dosing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dose is the amount of medicine you take at one time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#m1)

2) A dose of something is an amount of it, like a dose of sunshine or a dose of flu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#m2)

3) To dose someone means to give them medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety lessons the right dose is written on the packet and given by an adult; taking more than the dose can be dangerous. In maths problems doses are about measuring millilitres and times. Phrases: «the right dose», «a double dose», «take a dose», «dose of medicine».

### examples

- Take one dose of medicine twice a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#x1)
- Mum checked the dose on the bottle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#x2)
- Never take more than the dose on the label. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#x3)
- The dose for children is smaller than for adults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#x4)
- A dose of fresh air will do you good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#x5)
- He had a bad dose of flu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#x6)
- The vet dosed the dog with worm medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#x7)
- His mother put him to bed, and made some camomile tea; and she gave a dose of it to Peter! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/#x8)

### note

Countable. Pronounced DOHSS. Safety: only adults should give medicine; never take medicine or vitamins on your own, even if they look like sweets. Maths: «5 ml three times a day» means 15 ml a day.

### In the corpora

- [A pill box with the days of the week helps someone see whether today's tablets have been taken and avoid a double dose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/21/)
- [Taking more of a medicine than the dose on the label can poison you, even with common medicines like paracetamol.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/17/)
- [Children ask a grown-up before taking any medicine, because children's medicines have special doses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/114-bags-medicines-and-chemicals/15/)
- [Children's medicines have special doses, so you ask a grown-up before taking any.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/218-balconies-blades-batteries-and-bottles/16/)
- [Only a grown-up should give medicine, in the right children's dose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/295-scissors-toddlers-medicines-fire-and-damp/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dose» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dose/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.