ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPprescribe
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prescribe
Meaning: to recommend a treatment or set down a rule as authoritative
prescribe in a sentence
How prescribe is used in real sentences:
The doctor decided to prescribe a week of rest and plenty of fluids.
After the diagnosis, the specialist prescribed a combination of medication and physical therapy to speed recovery.
“Her council might prescribe a policy, only to learn months later that weather, resistance, or a messenger's death had altered its effect.”
— from the passage The Queen's Paper Roads
Synonyms for prescribe
Other words for prescribe — recommend, direct and mandate — carry the same meaning.
- recommend
- direct
- mandate
Antonyms of prescribe
Words that mean the opposite of prescribe:
- forbid
- prohibit
Where it comes from
From Latin praescribere 'to write before, direct'
Word parts
- scrib/script — write
prescribe: pre- (before) + scrib (write)
Memory hook
PRE (before) + SCRIBE (write) — prescribe = write instructions beforehand.