prescribe
[verb]
Synonyms: order, decree, dictate, direct, lay down, ordain, recommend, rule, set, specify, stipulate

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Related Words: establish, fix, set, settle, decide, determine, choose, pick out, select

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pre‧scribe /prɪˈskraɪb/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: praescribere 'to write at the beginning, order']

1. to say what medicine or treatment a sick person should have ⇒ prescription
prescribe somebody something
If these don’t work I may have to prescribe you something stronger.
prescribe something for something
the drugs prescribed for his stomach pains

2. formal to state officially what should be done in a particular situation:
What punishment does the law prescribe for this crime?

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

prescribe
verb
I. drugs
ADV. legally The drug can no longer be legally prescribed.
medically, medicinally
PREP. for drugs prescribed for high blood pressure This drug is often prescribed for women with heart trouble.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

prescribe
II. what should/should not be done
ADV. narrowly, rigidly, strictly, tightly The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age. Everything about her life was strictly prescribed (= there were strict rules about what she could and could not do).

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲