prescription
/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Synonym of enactment, the act of establishing a law, regulation, etc., particularly in writing; an instance of this.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act of establishing or formalizing ideal norms for language use, as opposed to describing the actual norms of such use; an instance of this.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An established time period within which a right must be exercised and after which it is null and permanently unenforceable.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An established time period after which a person who has uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly used another's property acquires full ownership of it.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Synonym of self-restraint, limiting of one's actions especially according to a moral code or social conventions.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The surgeon had written thousands of prescriptions for pain killers without proper examinations before the police raided the clinic."
- "An old traditional prescription for provoking erotic inclinations ran as follows, The toe of the foot of a man, anointed with oil, or honey, or the ashes of a weasel."
- "I need you to pick up gramma's prescriptions on your way home."
- ""Oh, yes; she is the only sort of person for a nurse. She always," cried Lady Anne, with a sneer, "comes to you with a receipt for a pudding in one hand to make you ill, and then a prescription in the other to cure you.""
- "Early to bed and early to rise is a prescription for a long, healthy, and terrible life."
- "Change is the universal prescription for a wounded spirit. "It will do you so much good," is the constant remark."