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- [dohs]
- /doʊs/
- /dəʊs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dohs]
- /doʊs/
Definitions of dosing word
- noun dosing a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time. 1
- noun dosing a substance, situation, or quantity of anything analogous to medicine, especially of something disagreeable: Failing the exam was a hard dose to swallow. 1
- noun dosing an amount of sugar added in the production of champagne. 1
- noun dosing Physics. Also called absorbed dose. the quantity of ionizing radiation absorbed by a unit mass of matter, especially living tissue: measured in gray or rad. exposure dose. 1
- noun dosing Slang. a case of gonorrhea or syphilis. 1
- verb with object dosing to administer in or apportion for doses. 1
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Origin of dosing
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; earlier dos < Late Latin dosis < Greek dósis a giving
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Parts of speech for Dosing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dosing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dosing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dosing
noun dosing
- treatment — an act or manner of treating.
- administration — Administration is the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions.
- rubbing — an act or instance of rubbing: an alcohol rub.
- administering — to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of: to administer the law.
- applying — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
verb dosing
- restore — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.
- repair — to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- relieve — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- mend — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
Antonyms for dosing
verb dosing
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
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