prescription
noun
Simple meaning
The medicine or treatment provided by such an order.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
pɹəskˈɹɪpʃən
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
medicine
The medicine or treatment provided by such an order.
figurative
Any plan of treatment or handling; the treatment or handling thus provided.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The medicine or treatment provided by such an order.
Used this way, prescription is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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More ways to use prescription
- “He told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Medicine / plan
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Word Family
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Compound terms
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A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist.
A drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist.
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Synonyms
Sense: medicine or treatment provided by such an order
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