prescribed

«prescribed» in Mova's school dictionary: Of a doctor: told a patient to take a medicine or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past tense and past participle of prescribe: prescribe, prescribes, prescribed, prescribing); adjective (prescribed)

meaning for a pupil

1) Of a doctor: told a patient to take a medicine or treatment and wrote it down. tree →

2) (formal) Set by a rule or authority: the prescribed method, the prescribed books. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health and safety, prescribed medicine is only for the person it was given to, and only at the prescribed dose. In exams the formal sense appears: «use the prescribed method» or «within the prescribed time». Phrases: prescribed medicine, prescribed dose, as prescribed.

examples

• The doctor prescribed antibiotics for my ear infection. tree →
• Take the tablets as prescribed. tree →
• Never take medicine prescribed for someone else. tree →
• She was prescribed glasses for reading. tree →
• Answer in the prescribed time of one hour. tree →
• The exam lists the prescribed books. tree →
• The young man wandered up and down the narrow paths, as well as the prescribed limits would allow; the clock struck six; without was heard the horn of a post-boy. tree →

note

Noun: prescription. Do not confuse with proscribed (banned). In maths, a prescribed dose like «5 ml twice a day» means 10 ml each day.

In the corpora

• Medicine prescribed for one person is only for that person.
• Medicine prescribed for one person is chosen for their illness, age, weight and other medicines, so never take someone else's.
• Then said I: 'Lo, I am come with the roll of a book which is prescribed for me;
• And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors,

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prescribed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.