as in to specify
to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly
in chess, you can move the various pieces only in certain prescribed ways
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Recent Examples of prescribe
Kids too young for chewables might instead be prescribed drops or gels.
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Your child’s healthcare provider may prescribe additional medications to manage their blood glucose levels.11
Checking blood glucose levels: Checking your child’s blood glucose levels often is required to determine how much insulin needs to be given.
—Daniel Combs, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
These contact lenses are widely available and commonly prescribed by eye care professionals worldwide.
—Sanket Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Instead of writing prescriptions for pills, doctors can prescribe a free pass to a museum, an invitation to join a gardening club, or a support group for people facing similar struggles.
—Kim Samuel, Scientific American, 16 May 2025
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Your child’s healthcare provider may prescribe additional medications to manage their blood glucose levels.11
Checking blood glucose levels: Checking your child’s blood glucose levels often is required to determine how much insulin needs to be given.
—Daniel Combs, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
These contact lenses are widely available and commonly prescribed by eye care professionals worldwide.
—Sanket Jain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2025
Instead of writing prescriptions for pills, doctors can prescribe a free pass to a museum, an invitation to join a gardening club, or a support group for people facing similar struggles.
—Kim Samuel, Scientific American, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribe
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Musk did not specify the context in which Trump is allegedly in the files.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The department did not specify exactly how many people were in custody as of Friday afternoon.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Clean lines, classic shapes and unexpected edges define Jade Ruzzo jewels.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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This was bricolage in the mode of postmodernism, to use a term that Jencks had a leading role in propagating, defining it in multiple competing and overlapping (some would say maddening) ways.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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“Prescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribe. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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