{
    "term": "prescribe",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "prescribe",
            "heSheIt": "prescribes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "prescribed",
        "pastParticiple": "prescribed",
        "ingForm": "prescribing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to tell somebody to take a particular medicine or have a particular treatment; to write a prescription for a particular medicine, etc.",
            "sensetop": "prescribe somethingprescribe (somebody) something (for something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Valium is usually prescribed to treat anxiety.",
                    "contextForm": "prescribe something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He may be able to prescribe you something for that cough.",
                    "contextForm": "prescribe (somebody) something (for something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drug can no longer be legally prescribed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These drugs are widely prescribed to control high blood pressure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This drug is often prescribed for women with heart trouble."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["legally", "commonly", "frequently"],
                "preposition": ["as", "for", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to say what should be done or how something should be done",
            "sensetop": "prescribe somethingprescribe that…prescribe which, what, etc…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The prescribed form must be completed and returned to this office.",
                    "contextForm": "prescribe something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Police regulations prescribe that an officer's number must be clearly visible.",
                    "contextForm": "prescribe that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The syllabus prescribes precisely which books should be studied.",
                    "contextForm": "prescribe which, what, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The curriculum is rigidly prescribed from an early age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "culturally prescribed gender roles"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "stipulate",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["narrowly", "rigidly", "strictly"],
                "phrases": ["culturally prescribed", "socially prescribed"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskraɪb/",
                "audio": "pr/prescribe/prescribe__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskraɪbz/",
                "audio": "pr/prescribe/prescribes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskraɪbd/",
                "audio": "pr/prescribe/prescribed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskraɪbɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prescribe/prescribing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskraɪb/",
                "audio": "pr/prescribe/prescribe__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskraɪbz/",
                "audio": "pr/prescribe/prescribes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskraɪbd/",
                "audio": "pr/prescribe/prescribed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskraɪbɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prescribe/prescribing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘confine within bounds’, also as a legal term meaning ‘claim by prescription’): from Latin praescribere ‘direct in writing’, from prae ‘before’ + scribere ‘write’."
}