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recipe.

A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/British, Canada, General-American, Southern, Standard/ˈɹɛs.ə.pi/British, Canada, General-American, Southern, Standard/ˈɹes.ə.pi/Australia, New-Zealand
  1. A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.

    archaic
  2. Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.

  3. A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.

    broadly
    His new approach is definitely a recipe for success.
  4. Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.

  5. A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.

    Stepper recipes.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French récipé, from Latin recipe, second person singular imperative of Latin recipiō (“receive”).

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