{
    "term": "prescription",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist's",
            "sensetop": "prescription for somethingon prescriptionby prescription",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.",
                    "contextForm": "prescription for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Antibiotics are only available on prescription.",
                    "contextForm": "on prescription"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Antibiotics are only available by prescription.",
                    "contextForm": "by prescription"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are not available without a prescription."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**prescription drugs/medication(s)**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I just get a repeat prescription every week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scribbled on her prescription pad and handed me a sheet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the usual prescription for asthma"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the rising rate of drug prescriptions for emotional and psychological complaints"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["medical", "free", "repeat"],
                "verb + prescription": ["give somebody", "write", "write out"],
                "prescription + noun": ["charges", "cost", "benefit"],
                "preposition": [
                    "by prescription",
                    "on prescription",
                    "without (a) prescription"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "medicine that your doctor has ordered for you",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The pharmacist will make up your prescription."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Physicians often underestimate retail prescription costs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drug will be covered by Medicare's new prescription benefit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pharmacist dispenses prescriptions for antidepressants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are entitled to free prescriptions."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Healthcare"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["medical", "free", "repeat"],
                "verb + prescription": ["give somebody", "write", "write out"],
                "prescription + noun": ["charges", "cost", "benefit"],
                "preposition": [
                    "by prescription",
                    "on prescription",
                    "without (a) prescription"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of prescribing medicine",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The prescription of drugs is a doctor's responsibility."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a plan or a suggestion for making something happen or for improving it",
            "sensetop": "prescription (for something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a prescription for happiness"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both parties will be outlining their prescription for economic recovery."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskrɪpʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/prescription/prescription__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈskrɪpʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/prescription/prescription__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a legal term): via Old French from Latin praescriptio(n-), from the verb praescribere ‘direct in writing’, from prae ‘before’ + scribere ‘write’. Senses (1) to (3) date from the late 16th cent."
}