how to pronounce prescribe

/pɹəsˈkɹaɪb/

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prescribe is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of prescribe in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… oftentimes will prescribe narcotics for …”

meaning of prescribe

Prescribe means to give a course of treatment or medication.

prescribe frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word prescribe occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics prescribe can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that prescribe can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;