prescribe

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• /pɹɪˈskɹaɪb/
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• /pɹəˈskɹaɪb/
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• proscribed: /pɝˈskɹaɪb/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• /ˌpɹiːˈskɹaɪb/ distinguished from proscribe
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• rhymes with -aɪb
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• homophone: proscribe (in some dialects)
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 S K R AY1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P R IY0 S K R AY1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybh- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybheti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin praescrībōbor. English prescribe Borrowed from Latin praescrībere, from prae- (“before, in front”) and scrībere (“to write”).

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: voorskryf — to order a drug or medical device
• Albanian: parashkruaj — to order a drug or medical device
• Arabic: وَصَفَ (waṣafa) — to order a drug or medical device
• Armenian: նշանակել (nšanakel) — to order a drug or medical device
• Asturian: recetar — to order a drug or medical device
• Basque: errezetatu — to order a drug or medical device
• Bulgarian: предписвам (predpisvam) — to order a drug or medical device
• Catalan: prescriure — to order a drug or medical device
• Catalan: receptar — to order a drug or medical device
• Chinese Mandarin: 開藥 /开药 (kāiyào) — to order a drug or medical device
• Chinese Mandarin: 處方 /处方 (chǔfāng) — to order a drug or medical device
• Ngazidja Comorian: hwekeza — to order a drug or medical device
• Czech: předepisovat — to order a drug or medical device
• Czech: ordinovat — to order a drug or medical device
• Dutch: voorschrijven — to order a drug or medical device
• Finnish: kirjoittaa resepti — to order a drug or medical device
• Finnish: määrätä — to order a drug or medical device
• French: prescrire — to order a drug or medical device
• French: indiquer — to order a drug or medical device
• French: ordonner — to order a drug or medical device
• German: verschreiben — to order a drug or medical device
• German: verordnen — to order a drug or medical device
• Hungarian: felír — to order a drug or medical device
• Ido: preskriptar — to order a drug or medical device
• Indonesian: meresepkan — to order a drug or medical device
• Italian: prescrivere — to order a drug or medical device
• Italian: ordinare — to order a drug or medical device
• Japanese: 処方する (shohō suru) — to order a drug or medical device
• Māori: tūtohi — to order a drug or medical device
• Māori: tūtohu — to order a drug or medical device
• Persian: نسخه نوشتن (nosxe neveštan) — to order a drug or medical device
• Persian: نسخه پیچیدن (nosxe pičidan) — to order a drug or medical device
• Polish: przepisywać — to order a drug or medical device
• Polish: ordynować — to order a drug or medical device
• Polish: wydać receptę na (lek) — to order a drug or medical device
• Portuguese: prescrever — to order a drug or medical device
• Portuguese: receitar — to order a drug or medical device
• Romanian: prescrie — to order a drug or medical device
• Romanian: ordona — to order a drug or medical device
• Russian: пропи́сывать (propísyvatʹ) — to order a drug or medical device
• Russian: назнача́ть (naznačátʹ) — to order a drug or medical device
• Serbo-Croatian: прописи́вати — to order a drug or medical device
• Serbo-Croatian: propisívati — to order a drug or medical device
• Slovak: predpisovať — to order a drug or medical device
• Slovak: ordinovať — to order a drug or medical device
• Spanish: prescribir — to order a drug or medical device
• Spanish: recetar — to order a drug or medical device
• Swedish: ordinera — to order a drug or medical device
• Swedish: föreskriva — to order a drug or medical device
• Tagalog: magreseta — to order a drug or medical device
• Turkish: reçete yazmak — to order a drug or medical device
• Ukrainian: признача́ти (pryznačáty) — to order a drug or medical device
• Afrikaans: voorskryf — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Albanian: porosis — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Albanian: urdhëroj — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Arabic: أَمَرَ (ʔamara) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Bengali: আদেশ করা (adeś kora) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Bulgarian: давам предписание (davam predpisanie) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Chinese Mandarin: 規定 /规定 (guīdìng) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Czech: předepisovat — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Czech: nařizovat — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Dutch: voorschrijven — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Finnish: säätää — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Finnish: määrätä — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• French: prescrire — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• French: ordonner — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• German: vorschreiben — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• German: verordnen — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Greek: υπαγορεύω (ypagorévo) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Hungarian: előír — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Indonesian: mempreskripsikan — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Indonesian: memerintahkan — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Italian: prescrivere — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Italian: ordinare — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Japanese: 規定する (kitei suru) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Old English: sċrīfan — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Persian: تجویز کردن (tajviz kardan) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Polish: zarządzać — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Polish: nakazywać — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Polish: dyktować — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Polish: ustanawiać — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Polish: ordynować — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Portuguese: prescrever — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Portuguese: ordenar — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Romanian: prescrie — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Romanian: ordona — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Russian: предпи́сывать (predpísyvatʹ) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Russian: устана́вливать (ustanávlivatʹ) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Serbo-Croatian: прописи́вати — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Serbo-Croatian: propisívati — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Slovak: predpisovať — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Slovak: nariaďovať — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Spanish: prescribir — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Spanish: ordenar — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Swedish: skriva ut — to specify as a required procedure or ritual
• Ukrainian: припи́сувати (prypýsuvaty) — to specify as a required procedure or ritual