recipe

[res-uh-pee]

noun

1. a set of instructions for making or preparing something, especially a food dish.

   a recipe for a cake.

2. a medical prescription.

3. a method to attain a desired end.

   a recipe for success.

recipe

/ ˈrɛsɪpɪ /

noun

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

2. med (formerly) a medical prescription

3. a method for achieving some desired objective

   a recipe for success

Word History and Origins

Origin of recipe¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of recipe¹

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

Example Sentences

“What we really notice is that sometimes people use our perishable business as a way to supplement a family tradition of recipes,” said spokesperson Kendall Coleman.

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We are going to find the recipe, they recalled the doctor saying.

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They aren’t the main ingredient in most industrial recipes, but they are critical to complete the cooking.

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“But rewrite this figure as an outsider or bad boy in a movie made for teenagers and you have an instant recipe for success . . . ‘Twilight’ knows its audience and delivers the goods.

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Over the years, he shared cooking recipes for alligator, iguana, frog legs, smoked duck and a variety of other dishes.

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Related Words

• method 
• prescription 
• program 
• technique