Meaning of "dole" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DOLE

Old English dāl share; related to Old Saxon dēl, Old Norse deild, Gothic dails, Old High German teil.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DOLE

dole  [dəʊl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOLE

Dole is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dole in English.

WHAT DOES DOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dole

Dole may refer to: ▪ Dole Constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Zanzibar ▪ Dole Food Company, a US agricultural corporation ▪ Unemployment benefits ▪ Welfare ▪ Charity, giving food, clothing or money in England; examples include ▪ Wayfarer's Dole, Hospital of St Cross ▪ St Briavels Bread and Cheese Dole ▪ Tichborne Dole ▪ DOLE, Department of Labor and Employment ▪ Dole Air Race, ill-fated 1927 air race named for sponsor James Dole Places ▪ Dole, Idrija, a settlement in the Municipality of Idrija, Slovenia ▪ Dole, Jura, a commune in the département Jura in France ▪ Arrondissement of Dole, a French arrondissement containing the commune Dole ▪ La Dôle, a mountain in Switzerland ▪ Dole, Nepal, a village in Nepal ▪ Livery Dole, an area of Exeter in Devonshire, England ▪ Small Dole, a hamlet in the Civil parish of Upper Beeding in West Sussex, England People ▪ Bob Dole,, U.S. politician, former U.S. Senator ▪ Charles Fletcher Dole, Unitarian minister and author ▪ Daniel Dole, missionary who founded Punahou School ▪ Edmund Pearson Dole, lawyer and Hawaii attorney general ▪ Elizabeth Dole,, U.S.

Definition of dole in the English dictionary

The first definition of dole in the dictionary is a small portion or share, as of money or food, given to a poor person. Other definition of dole is the act of giving or distributing such portions. Dole is also usually foll by out to distribute, esp in small portions.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DOLE

PRESENT

Present

I dole

you dole

he/she/it doles

we dole

you dole

they dole

Present continuous

I am doling

you are doling

he/she/it is doling

we are doling

you are doling

they are doling

Present perfect

I have doled

you have doled

he/she/it has doled

we have doled

you have doled

they have doled

Present perfect continuous

I have been doling

you have been doling

he/she/it has been doling

we have been doling

you have been doling

they have been doling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I doled

you doled

he/she/it doled

we doled

you doled

they doled

Past continuous

I was doling

you were doling

he/she/it was doling

we were doling

you were doling

they were doling

Past perfect

I had doled

you had doled

he/she/it had doled

we had doled

you had doled

they had doled

Past perfect continuous

I had been doling

you had been doling

he/she/it had been doling

we had been doling

you had been doling

they had been doling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will dole

you will dole

he/she/it will dole

we will dole

you will dole

they will dole

Future continuous

I will be doling

you will be doling

he/she/it will be doling

we will be doling

you will be doling

they will be doling

Future perfect

I will have doled

you will have doled

he/she/it will have doled

we will have doled

you will have doled

they will have doled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been doling

you will have been doling

he/she/it will have been doling

we will have been doling

you will have been doling

they will have been doling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would dole

you would dole

he/she/it would dole

we would dole

you would dole

they would dole

Conditional continuous

I would be doling

you would be doling

he/she/it would be doling

we would be doling

you would be doling

they would be doling

Conditional perfect

I would have dole

you would have dole

he/she/it would have dole

we would have dole

you would have dole

they would have dole

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been doling

you would have been doling

he/she/it would have been doling

we would have been doling

you would have been doling

they would have been doling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you dole
we let´s dole
you dole

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to dole

Past participle

doled

Present Participle

doling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DOLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dole» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of dole

allowance · alms · donation · gift · grant · gratuity · koha · modicum · parcel · pittance · portion · quota · share

TRANSLATION OF DOLE

Find out the translation of dole to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dole» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 救济金
• Translator English - Spanish: subsidio de desempleo
• English: dole
• Translator English - Hindi: डोल
• Translator English - Arabic: إِعَانَةٌ لـِمُتَعَطِّليـن
• Translator English - Russian: пособие по безработице
• Translator English - Portuguese: auxílio desemprego
• Translator English - Bengali: দু: খ
• Translator English - French: chômage
• Translator English - Malay: Dole
• Translator English - German: Arbeitslosenunterstützung
• Translator English - Japanese: 失業手当
• Translator English - Korean: 실업 수당
• Translator English - Javanese: Dole
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tiền trợ cấp thất nghiệp
• Translator English - Tamil: பிச்சை
• Translator English - Marathi: डोल
• Translator English - Turkish: hüzün
• Translator English - Italian: sussidio di disoccupazione
• Translator English - Polish: zasiłek dla bezrobotnych
• Translator English - Ukrainian: допомога через безробіття
• Translator English - Romanian: ajutor de șomaj
• Translator English - Greek: επίδομα ανεργίας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: bedeling
• Translator English - Swedish: arbetslöshetsunderstöd
• Translator English - Norwegian: utdeling

10 QUOTES WITH «DOLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dole.

1

Christie Brinkley

Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can. That includes tough love.

2

Jake Bugg

My mum was a single mum on the dole.

3

Wendy Davis

Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future. It's time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.

4

Greg Iles

Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from all over the world.

5

Mickey Kaus

People have to eat and it's good to have a last-resort dole they can turn to.

6

Mickey Kaus

Do we really want a society in which the stigma of going on the dole has been erased?

7

Mickey Kaus

If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.

8

Tony McCoy

Horses are like people - they have different personalities. They can be nice, friendly and hard-working, or awkward, difficult and lazy. If horses were people, some would be on the dole, and others would be entrepreneurs.

9

Wilfred Owen

The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter.

10

John Podhoretz

Aside from being bad sportsmanship - Romney basically said Obama won by cheating - he was displaying the same obtuseness about the wants and needs of ordinary people that did more to torpedo his campaign than any goodies Obama might have had to dole out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOLE»

Discover the use of dole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Love On The Dole

In Hanky Park, near Salford, Harry and Sally Hardcastle grow up in a society preoccupied with grinding poverty, exploited by bookies and pawnbrokers, bullied by petty officials and living in constant fear of the dole queue and the Means ...

Walter Greenwood, 2008

Elizabeth Hanford Dole: Speaking from the Heart

Looks at the life and career of Elizabeth Dole along with providing the text of speeches she made from 1987 to 2003.

Molly Meijer Wertheimer, Nichola D. Gutgold, 2004

Bob Dole

Traces the life of Senate Majority Leader and presidential candidate Bob Dole, chronicling his wartime achievements, local political efforts, failure as a vice presidential candidate, and rise to his present status.

Richard Ben Cramer, 1995

Elizabeth Dole: Public Servant and Senator

A biography of Elizabeth Dole, who held the posts of U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Secretary of Labor, and President of the American Red Cross.

Dana Meachen Rau, 2007

Floriculture: Principles and Species

This book is the most up-to-date and comprehensive title covering all species. Provides complete coverage of floriculture production, postharvest handling, and marketing as well as greenhouse and business management.

John M. Dole, Harold F. Wilkins, 2005

Bob Dole: American political phoenix

A long-time Dole aide chronicles the Republican presidential candidate's Kansas childhood, World War II combat service, hot-and-cold work relationship with Richard Nixon, his political rivals, and marriage to Elizabeth Hanaford

Stanley G. Hilton, 1988

The Romance of the Rose, Or, Guillaume de Dole

The author of at least two noteworthy romances of the early thirteenth century, Le Roman de la Rose or Guillaume de Dole and L'Escoufle (The Kite), as well as Le Lai de l'Ombre, Jean Renart is today recognized as the most accomplished ...

Jean Renart, 1993

The Dust of Old Dole Road: From Poverty to Peace

If you're struggling with making your own peace, then let The Dust of Old Dole Road speak to you.

Dan Oliver, 2011

The American Dole: Unemployment Relief and the Welfare State ...

Similarly, the National Industrial Conference Board argued that in Britain, "mere charity relief has been superimposed on insurance, and the insurance system degenerates into a dole."81 These attitudes were easily transferred to American ...

Jeff Singleton, 2000

Great Presidential Wit: I Wish I was in the Book

The former senator and presidential candidate collects bipartisan presidential humor from famous, and not-so-famous, chief executives, from Washington to Clinton.

Bob Dole, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dole is used in the context of the following news items.

Graduate schools dole out billlions in loan debt, Grand Canyon …

Graduate schools dole out billlions in loan debt, Grand Canyon, University of Phoenix make list. Celina Jimenez. 9:12 AM, Jul 8, 2015. 3 hours ago. state. «ABC15 Arizona, Jul 15»

ARMM gets biggest slice of antipoverty dole-out

As it did in 2015, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will get the biggest slice of the P62.7-billion Pantawid Pamilyang ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

Man jailed for €25000 dole fraud after being busted by facial …

A father of three who committed €25,000 worth of social welfare fraud until he was caught using facial recognition software has been jailed for ... «Sunday World, Jul 15»

Dole CEO accused of shortchanging investors

A Delaware lawsuit alleged Dole Food Co.'s CEO shortchanged shareholders by more than $1 billion when the company went private in 2013. «USA TODAY, Jul 15»

DOLE stops Mandaue condo project for risking public safety

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Monday, July 6, announced that DOLE Central Visayas regional director Exequiel ... «Rappler, Jul 15»

OPINION: Those on the dole should show they care

Do we see these long-term dole bludgers knocking on these organisations doors saying "I have some spare time at the moment and I'd like to ... «The Queensland Times, Jul 15»

Bob Dole: I Wouldn't Have Enough Money To Run Today

Bob Dole, the party's standard-bearer in the 1996 White House election, says he wouldn't have the money — or the conservative credentials ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»

2015 Aura Estrada Contest Winner

The Dole Cannery was just off Dillingham Boulevard, halfway between Diamond Head and Pearl Harbor. I applied everywhere else, but no one ... «Boston Review, Jul 15»

Jenkins Cites Bob Dole As Inspiration To Fight Hunger

“Our tradition with Bob Dole leading on hunger issues, I thought it was important to step up and get involved on hunger issues,” said Jenkins. «WIBW, Jul 15»

Most OFWs in Greece still 'in demand' despite economic woes – DOLE

Most overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Greece are still “in demand” despite the European country's economic woes, the Department of ... «GMA News, Jul 15»