prescribe
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
recommend or specify a course of action, treatment, or solution
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Senses
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
To state authoritatively or lay down as a rule, guide, direction, or regulation.
Wordset Dictionary
issue commands or orders for
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Variants
- synonym
- order
- pasttense
- prescribed
- presentparticiple
- prescribing
- thirdpersonsingular
- prescribes
- pastparticiple
- prescribed