recipe

/ˈrɛsəpi/
noun
  1. A set of instructions for cooking or preparing a particular dish, including a list of ingredients and steps.
    • I followed my grandmother's recipe for chocolate chip cookies.
    • This recipe calls for fresh basil and garlic.
    • She found a simple recipe for vegetable soup online.
  2. A method or plan for achieving a particular result, often used in a figurative way.
    • Hard work and patience are a recipe for success.
    • The company's new strategy was a recipe for disaster.
    • Leaving trash near the campsite is a recipe for attracting bears.
  3. A prescription for medicine (less common, but still used in some contexts).
    • The pharmacist filled the recipe exactly as written.
    • In older English, a recipe was a doctor's written order for medicine.
    • The doctor wrote a recipe for the patient's cough syrup.
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