PRESCRIBED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in expected

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verb

past tense of prescribe

as in specified

to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly in chess, you can move the various pieces only in certain prescribed ways

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Recent Examples of prescribed

Adjective

Conservation efforts have included replacing cattle with free-ranging bison, restoring Rio Grande cutthroat trout habitat, and using prescribed fire and forest management to improve ecosystem health. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026 Under the new policy, eligible cargo can remain securely packed within the same unit load device throughout its journey, subject to prescribed security controls. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026 Another part of Clancy’s defense centers on her being overmedicated, with Reddington also questioning witnesses about her prescribed medications and its side effects. — Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026 The bigger change may be the assumption that any of those milestones have to happen in a prescribed order. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 California has also made prescribed grazing part of its broader wildfire prevention efforts. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026 About half of adults in the US with high blood pressure don’t regularly take their prescribed medication, according to a July 2025 study published in the journal JAMA Cardiology. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 The ship and its crew first have to complete prescribed training and undergo assessments designed to determine whether individual departments and the crew as a whole can meet operational requirements. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026 Hackers can alter the prescribed sequence of message exchanges in a way that bypasses authentication requirements. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026

Verb

And Elwood was battling his own demons, having become addicted to opioids prescribed after a hip operation. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 The drug is also prescribed for weight loss under the brand name Zepbound. — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 While certain infections could be treated with shorter courses of antibiotics than doctors have traditionally prescribed, there’s little to no research on how the length of time taking antibiotics aligns with when a person’s symptoms improve. — Amy J. Mathers, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 Clancy, now 36, had sought treatment from multiple providers in the months before the killings and was prescribed various drugs. — Michael Casey, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 Under the pilot, many Medicare beneficiaries with a body mass index of 35 or higher — the upper range of obesity — qualify for coverage of one of those drugs, if prescribed. — Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 On one occasion, Clancy was prescribed three new meds at a single appointment. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026 When properly prescribed and monitored, psychiatric medications are tools. — Rachel Docekal, STAT, 21 Aug. 2026 Hormone therapy should not be prescribed specifically as a treatment for cognitive impairment or as a way to prevent dementia, Rozenfeld says. — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 19 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribed

Adjective

An expected 30 employees from NYDIG and 250 institutional client relationships will join BitGo, according to a person close to the matter.

— Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
And Fins have a secondary so inexperienced the guys might need asbestos uniforms against the expected torching.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of expected

Verb

The figure was significantly higher than analysts’ 44% estimate, but Huang and Nvidia CFO Colette Kress specified that there were still heavy supply constraints holding back the $5 trillion chipmaker.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Boone specified that Judge expected to see some overhand pitching on Tuesday.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of specified

Adjective

When really, this was the foreseeable and foreseen outcome of putting an AI in place of the human being who is already not there to do a good job.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
To help steer you clear of any paint color problems (whether foreseen or unforeseen), designers share the top paint color pitfalls.

— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of foreseen

Verb

The study defined high-exposure counties as having median annual emissions of 51 pounds of ethylbenzene and 44 pounds of toulene.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Spirit’s team created a warm mahogany-and-veneer interior defined by curves, with details such as fore-and-aft berths, a shower, a galley, and an electric head.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of defined

Adjective

For clients like Edward White, who is on a fixed income, the service is a critical lifeline.

— Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Importantly, all of these rhythms stack on top of each other and interact, meaning that resilience is never a fixed state but rather more of a dynamic balance between a person’s mental and physical capacities and the demands placed on them.

— Masha Remskar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of fixed

Adjective

That shift creates sustained pressure on supply chains rather than a handful of predictable peaks — leaving retailers with less margin for error.

— Jill Standish, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
That’s especially as climate change makes natural disasters more extreme and less predictable.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of predictable

Adjective

Interestingly, none of our 25 calculated ‘breaches’ outside of the pandemic years saw a club exceed the 115 per cent threshold, which would now incur a sporting sanction.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
For decades, departments like finance, operations and product have operated under this standard of calculated risk.

— Tobin Thomas, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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