prescribe

Definition

Examples

The doctor will prescribe medicine if the infection does not improve.

Word Family

Synonyms

• order(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
• stipulatespecify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

Collocations

• Easy prescribe medicine for a cough
  to prescribe medicine for a cough, meaning to issue commands or orders for
• Medium doctor prescribes antibiotics carefully
  to doctor prescribes antibiotics carefully, meaning to alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
• Hard prescribe rigorous safety standards by law
  to prescribe rigorous safety standards by law, meaning to issue commands or orders for
• Very Hard prescribe unproven economic panaceas
  to prescribe unproven economic panaceas, meaning to issue commands or orders for