Synonyms for prescribed
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1. prescribedadjective

   set down as a rule or guide

   Synonyms:
   official, ordained, appointed, positive, decreed

   Antonyms:
   unsettled, informal, irregular, arbitrary

2. appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribedadjective

   fixed or established especially by order or command

   "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

   Synonyms:
   ordained, appointed, official, appointive, decreed, positive

   Antonyms:
   arbitrary, informal, unsettled, irregular

3. official, prescribedadjective

   conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

   "in prescribed order"

   Synonyms:
   ordained, appointed, official, positive, decreed

   Antonyms:
   informal, arbitrary, irregular, unsettled

4. positive, prescribedadjective

   formally laid down or imposed

   "positive laws"

   Synonyms:
   irrefutable, decreed, confirming, confident(p), official, positively charged, positive(p), electropositive, incontrovertible, positive, positivistic, ordained, plus, convinced(p), appointed, positivist, cocksure, overconfident

   Antonyms:
   unsettled, irregular, informal, arbitrary

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1. List of paraphrases for "prescribed":

   specified, time-barred, mandated, regulatory, ming, prescribe, planned, required, prescribing, stipulated, prescription, statute-barred, established, designated, anticipated, regulated, foreseen, expected, scheduled, referred, set, imposed

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1. Richard Milhous Nixon:

   My telephone calls and meetings and decisions were now parts of a prescribed ritual aimed at making peace with the past his calls, his meetings and his decisions were already the ones that would shape America's future. (On transfer of power to Gerald R Ford)

2. Randy Moore:

   Our primary goal in engaging prescribed fires and wildfires is to ensure the safety of the communities involved. Our employees who are engaging in prescribed fire operations are part of these communities across the nation, the communities we serve, and our employees deserve the very best tools and science supporting them as we continue to navigate toward reducing the risk of severe wildfires in the future.

3. Immanuel Kant, CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON:

   Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore, but which, as transcending all its powers, it is also not able to answer.

4. Joseph Ladapo:

   People need to be aware that if they're taking a benzodiazepine -- and a lot of patients are taking benzodiazepines -- and they're also prescribed an opioid, their risk of overdosing is much higher, our work shows that these patients [ taking benzodiazepines ], not only are they at higher risk of accidentally overdosing, but they are also more likely to be prescribed opioids. So they're higher risk and they're more likely to be exposed to the opioids in the first place.

5. Gary Holder-Winfield:

   Never forget is not something you say on a prescribed day; if it is real it is something you live the rest of your life