prescribe
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/prɪˈskraɪb/
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/prɪˈskraɪb/
verb
C1
to tell someone to take a specific medicine or treatment, or to write an order for medicine
Doctors prescribe medicine to help sick people feel better.
R
to say what must be done or how something must be done
The rules prescribe how to complete the form correctly.
translation
to tell someone to take a specific medicine or treatment, or to write an order for medicine; to say what must be done or how something must be done
Word Forms
3rd Present
prescribes
Past
prescribed
Perfect
prescribed
Progressive
prescribing