prescribed
Americanadjective
-
dictated or indicated as a rule or course of action to be followed.
To limit your definition of art to certain prescribed forms is to cut yourself off from the bulk of human existence.
-
Medicine/Medical. (of a medicine, treatment, etc.) recommended or ordered by a qualified practitioner.
Test results for legal or prescribed drugs are returned in about two minutes.
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of prescribed
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A clearer picture of how tirzepatide works could also influence how drugs in this class are prescribed in the future.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Our investigation found all five patients had been prescribed medications, all were on antibiotics and two of the women were on powerful painkillers.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
When the brand-name drugs are prescribed off-label, they aren’t covered by insurance and can cost hundreds of dollars a month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But he became increasingly withdrawn, and was was prescribed anti-depressants and sleeping tablets.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Havel prescribed exactly what our work seemed to require.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
