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prescribe

/prɪsˈkraɪb/

Translations

prescribeverb

prescribed

Past Simple

prescribed

Past Participle

prescribing

Gerund

/prɪsˈkraɪb/

The doctor will prescribe medication for your condition.

Врач пропишет лекарство для вашего состояния.

The therapist may prescribe exercises to improve your mobility.

Терапевт может назначить упражнения для улучшения вашей подвижности.

Additional translations

Synonyms

prescribeverb

To authorize the use of a medicine or treatment for someone, especially in writing.

The doctor prescribed antibiotics to treat the infection.

To recommend a course of action or policy as beneficial.

The committee prescribed a new strategy to improve productivity.

To lay down a rule or direction; to dictate.

The regulations prescribe that all employees must wear safety gear.

(law, intransitive) To become invalid or unenforceable because of the passage of time; to be barred by a statute of limitations.

The claim had prescribed before the lawsuit was filed.

(law, transitive) To acquire or claim a right or title by long continued use or possession; to establish by prescription.

The villagers had prescribed a right of way across the estate through centuries of uninterrupted use.