prescribed
pri-SKRYBD/pɹəˈskɹaɪbd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of prescribe. Use this form for something a doctor or rule said to do in the past.
The doctor prescribed some medicine for her bad cough.
He still has the pills his doctor prescribed last month.
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- 2Set out in exact detail, with strict rules or steps you must follow.
Like following a recipe where each step is fixed and you must do them in order.
Workers must wear the prescribed safety gear inside the factory.
She did the prescribed exercises in the exact order on the chart.
Similarset, fixed, stipulated, specified, mandated
Oppositeoptional, flexible, discretionary, improvised
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prescribed is a form of prescribe
prescribe, verb: To tell a sick person which medicine to take and how much, the way a doctor does. Full entry
- Forms
- prescribeprescribes he/she/itprescribing -ing formprescribed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- prescribe → prescribed: add -d
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