{
    "term": "dose",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an amount of a medicine or a drug that is taken once, or regularly over a period of time",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **high/low/lethal dose**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Repeat the dose after 12 hours if necessary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Take a single dose at bedtime to help you sleep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I always take my daily dose of vitamin C."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The nurse will administer the correct dose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a strong dose of painkillers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "patients who receive high doses of this drug"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "large", "massive"],
                "verb + dose": ["get", "receive", "take"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an amount of something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A dose of flu kept me off work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Workers at the nuclear plant were exposed to high doses of radiation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can cope with her **in small doses** *(= for short amounts of time)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film also contains a hefty dose of comedy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very fast and easily",
            "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He got through the housework like a dose of salts."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the same bad treatment that you have given to others",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let the bully have a taste of his own medicine."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dəʊs/",
                "audio": "do/dose/dose__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dəʊs/",
                "audio": "do/dose/dose__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French, via late Latin from Greek dosis ‘gift’, from didonai ‘give’."
}