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prescribe

CEFR B2

issue commands or orders for

In a sentence

Six example sentences with prescribe, each labelled with its topic.

  • The statute prescribes exactly how many days a landlord must wait before filing, and judges have no room to shorten it.

    Law

  • Company policy prescribes two signatures on any purchase above ten thousand dollars, whatever the urgency of the request.

    Business

  • Airline rules prescribe how crew must stow every cabin bag, right down to which latches get checked before pushback.

    Travel

  • The program prescribes two full rest days a week, and athletes who skip them tend to break down by October.

    Fitness

  • The constitution prescribes that a new election must follow within ninety days of parliament being dissolved.

    Politics

  • Building codes prescribe the width of every stair and the height of every handrail, down to the millimeter.

    Architecture

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