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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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How to use prescribed in a sentence?

  1. The Hillsong Global Board:

    An in-depth investigation found that Pastor Brian became disoriented... following the consumption of anti-anxiety medication beyond the prescribed dose, mixed with alcohol.

  2. Queen Elizabeth:

    While no formal complaints or official grievances were made during my tenure, which would have immediately triggered a detailed investigation as prescribed by law and the collective agreements in place, I still take these allegations very seriously.

  3. French Health Minister Marisol Touraine:

    Inspectors consider, however, that Bial and Biotrial are responsible on several counts; regarding the dosage prescribed (...) and the time taken to alert authorities.

  4. Richard Madgwick:

    Pigs are not nearly as well-suited to movement over distance as cattle and transporting them, either slaughtered or on the hoof, over hundreds or even tens of kilometres, would have required a monumental effort, this suggests that prescribed contributions were required and that rules dictated that offered pigs must be raised by the feasting participants, accompanying them on their journey, rather than being acquired locally.

  5. Allan Young:

    It should be noted that antidepressants are prescribed to treat anxiety disorders as well as mood disorders, and it is credible that people may be more anxious because of recent uncertainty in society, levels of anxiety across the population were not reported in this study so can not be shown explicitly.


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