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How to pronounce “prescribe”
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Pronunciation guide for prescribe
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of prescribe with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- A Food System That Fights Climate Change — Instead of Causing It
Second, set a goal, but not prescribe how to get there.
- Definition summary
- (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
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How to pronounce prescribe
A Food System That Fights Climate Change — Instead of Causing It

Second, set a goal, but not prescribe how to get there.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “prescribe”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
- To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.
- (law) To develop or assert a right; to make a claim (by prescription).
- (law) To become invalidated or unenforceable by prescription, to lapse
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