The meaning of Prescribed

verb

Offer suggestions about the best course of action to someone.

Usage examples:

I advised him to go home

verb

Give advice to

verb

Assign a job or role to (someone).

Usage examples:

She has been appointed to the board

verb

Give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent).

Usage examples:

The troops were authorized to use force

verb

Give an authoritative or peremptory order.

Usage examples:

A gruff voice commanded us to enter

noun

An authoritative order.

Usage examples:

He obeyed her commands without question

verb

An authoritative direction or instruction to do something

noun

An official order that has the force of law.

Usage examples:

The decree guaranteed freedom of assembly

verb

Order (something) by decree.

Usage examples:

The president decreed that the military was to be streamlined

noun

An order or statement of an official decision

Usage examples:

He refused to carry out the board’s decree., [ + that clause ] the olympic charter decrees that the…

verb

Cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.

Usage examples:

It will be her mental attitude that determines her future

verb

Find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry

verb

To control or influence directly; to decide

Usage examples:

[ t ] we should be allowed to determine our own future., [ t ] eye color is genetically determined.…

verb

State or order authoritatively.

Usage examples:

The tsar's attempts to dictate policy

noun

An order or principle that must be obeyed.

Usage examples:

The dictates of fashion

verb

A guiding principle

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

verb

Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The code enjoined members to trade fairly

verb

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something

verb

To legally forbid or stop something by order of a court

Usage examples:

The prosecutor’s office hopes the court will enjoin the city from enforcing the law., lawyers are e…

verb

Set up on a firm or permanent basis.

Usage examples:

The scheme was established in 1975

verb

Set up or found

verb

To start something that will last for a long time, or to create or set something in a particular way

Usage examples:

He helped to establish the university of california at berkeley., once we establish the price, we c…

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

verb

Create or prepare methodically.

Usage examples:

The government has formulated a policy on waste management

verb

Prepare according to instructions

verb

To create something, esp. by putting together different parts

Usage examples:

The administration said it was formulating a new policy for the middle east., new drugs are being f…

verb

Force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) on someone.

Usage examples:

The decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others

verb

To establish something as a rule to be obeyed, or to force the acceptance of something

Usage examples:

Settlers often imposed their culture on the peoples of the countries they conquered., she’s always …

verb

To introduce a new law, tax, rule, or punishment

Usage examples:

Impose a ban/restriction/penalty on sb/sth they are calling for the regulatory body to impose a ban…

verb

Make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on.

Usage examples:

He was ordained a minister before entering parliament

verb

To make someone officially a priest, minister, or rabbi in a religious ceremony

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

verb

Logical arrangement of different elements

verb

Promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).

Usage examples:

These objectives have to be promulgated within the organization

verb

To spread beliefs or ideas among a lot of people

Usage examples:

The new law was finally promulgated in the autumn of last year.

verb

Make the sound of (a word or part of a word) in the correct or a particular way.

Usage examples:

Gerry pronounced the hero's name ‘cahoolin’

verb

To say a word or a letter in a particular way or in a correct way

Usage examples:

Around here, "aunt" is not pronounced the same as "ant.", how do you pronounce your last name?, dew…

verb

Need for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Three patients required operations

verb

Identify clearly and definitely.

Usage examples:

The coup leader promised an election but did not specify a date

verb

To state or describe something clearly and exactly

Usage examples:

The treaty specified terms for the withdrawal of troops., [ + question word ] he didn’t specify how…

verb

To state or describe something clearly and exactly

Usage examples:

He said we should meet but didn't specify a time., my contract specifies that i must give a month's…

verb

Demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement.

Usage examples:

He stipulated certain conditions before their marriage

adjective

(of a leaf or plant) having stipules.

Usage examples:

Both have woody trunks and woody roots as well as stipulate leaf bases.

verb

To state exactly what must be done

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] state laws stipulate that public education be free., there was a stipulation that…