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📖 Определения и значения для слова prescribe

📒 to tell somebody to take a particular medicine or have a particular treatment; to write a prescription for a particular medicine, etc.

  • prescribe something Valium is usually prescribed to treat anxiety.
  • prescribe (somebody) something (for something) He may be able to prescribe you something for that cough.
  • The drug can no longer be legally prescribed.

📒 to say what should be done or how something should be done

  • prescribe something The prescribed form must be completed and returned to this office.
  • prescribe that… Police regulations prescribe that an officer's number must be clearly visible.
  • prescribe which, what, etc… The syllabus prescribes precisely which books should be studied.
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