prescribe

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /prɪˈskrʌɪb/

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Verb

Plain form prescribe

Third-person singular prescribes

Past tense prescribed

Past participle prescribed

Present participle prescribing

1. (transitive) (medicine) If a doctor prescribes you a medicine or treatment, they tell you what medicine or treatment to use.

   The doctor will prescribe me some tablets.

2. (transitive) If someone prescribes a rule or a way to do something, they are telling people to follow that rule or do something a certain way.

   We have to follow what the law prescribes.

Related words

• prescription

Antonyms

• proscribe