recipe

[ res-uh-pee ]
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noun
  1. a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish: a recipe for a cake.

  2. a medical prescription.

  1. a method to attain a desired end: a recipe for success.

Origin of recipe

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin: take, imperative singular of recipere to receive

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British Dictionary definitions for recipe

recipe

/ (ˈrɛsɪpɪ) /


noun
  1. a list of ingredients and directions for making something, esp a food preparation

  2. med (formerly) a medical prescription

  1. a method for achieving some desired objective: a recipe for success

Origin of recipe

1
C14: from Latin, literally: take (it)! from recipere to take, receive

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