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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prescribedadjective

    set down as a rule or guide

  2. appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribedadjective

    fixed or established especially by order or command

    "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

  3. official, prescribedadjective

    conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

    "in prescribed order"

  4. positive, prescribedadjective

    formally laid down or imposed

    "positive laws"

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  1. prescribed

    Prescribed generally means officially or authoritatively instructed, advised, or ordered to be followed. It's often used in the context of medicine where a doctor prescribes a specific medication or treatment for a patient, or in law where specific rules or procedures are prescribed. However, it can be used in any context where specific guidelines or actions are formally set out or recommended.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Prescribed

    of Prescribe

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prescribed in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prescribed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of prescribed in a Sentence

  1. Tiger Woods:

    I want the public to know that alcohol was not involved, what happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. I did n’t realize the mix of medications had affected me so strongly.

  2. Frederick Douglas:

    The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose.

  3. Frederick Douglass:

    Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

  4. Makenosi Maroo:

    In anticipation of the volumes expected to be imported into South Africa, the (GMO) Executive Council has approved the adjustment of a permit condition which relates to the handling requirement, there is therefore no intention to relax safety assessment or risk management procedures prescribed.

  5. The CDC Vital Signs:

    First, more and more people are susceptible to heroin because they have been prescribed prescription opiates, like OxyContin. And the second reason is that heroin itself seems to be cheaper and more widely available.

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