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How to pronounce prescribe in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dictate, order
Type of impose, visit, inflict, bring down
Has types mandate
Derivation prescription, prescriptive
Type Words
Type of enjoin, order, say, tell


the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble.
Type Words
Type of advocate, recommend, urge


my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills.

Examples of prescribe

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Your doctor may prescribe a topical retinoid cream to help remove stretch marks.
From the cnn.com
His observers go into doctors'offices and watch how they prescribe various meds.
From the businessweek.com
This important finding could alter the way doctors prescribe migraine medicines.
From the sciencedaily.com
Your veterinarian can prescribe medication to help alleviate your cat's anxiety.
From the washingtonpost.com
Physicians usually prescribe approved chelators to treat severe metal poisoning.
From the kentucky.com
A doctor should be consulted to prescribe the correct anti-malarial prophylaxis.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Some veterinarians prescribe antidepressants for obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
From the ocregister.com
We now have six statins that the doctor can prescribe for cholesterol lowering.
From the abcnews.go.com
Only 36% felt it might skew their judgments about which medications to prescribe.
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More examples
  • Order: issue commands or orders for
  • (prescribed) set down as a rule or guide
  • (prescribed) appointed: fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
  • (prescribed) official: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order"
  • (prescribed) positive: formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws"
  • Prescription(a): available only with a doctor's written prescription; "a prescription drug"
  • Linguistic prescription (or prescriptivism) is the practice of elevating one variety or manner of language use over another. It may imply some forms are incorrect, improper, illogical, lack communicative effect, or are of low aesthetic value...
  • (Prescription (medicine)) A prescription is a health-care program implemented by a physician or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient. ...
  • (Prescription (sovereignty transfer)) In law, prescription is the method of sovereignty transfer of a territory through international law analogous to the common law doctrine of adverse possession for private real-estate. ...