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# recipe

noun (recipe, recipes)

«recipe» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A recipe tells you what you need (the ingredients) and what to do (the method) to cook or bake something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#m1)
2. A recipe for something is a way that leads to it: «a recipe for success», «a recipe for disaster». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: amounts of ingredients for a dish; problems double, halve or scale a recipe; fractions of cups. In science: following steps in order, measuring carefully. In everyday life: cookbooks, family recipes, recipes for a number of servings. In stories: a secret recipe.

### Examples

- A recipe needs 2 cups of flour for 12 cookies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#x1)
- She makes the recipe 3 times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#x2)
- The recipe uses 3/4 cup of sugar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#x3)
- How much flour for half the recipe? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#x4)
- Grandma's secret recipe for apple pie is in a little book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#x5)
- Read the whole recipe before you start. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#x6)
- This recipe makes 8 pancakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#x7)
- Leaving your bike outside unlocked is a recipe for trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/#x8)

### Note

A recipe gives amounts per batch, a rate: total = amount per recipe × number of recipes. Trap: when making more or fewer servings, every ingredient changes by the same factor. Spelling: recipe (three syllables: RES-i-pee). Do not confuse with receipt (a paper showing what you paid).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «recipe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recipe/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«recipe» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recipe.html) on Mova free.