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{
"term": "prescription",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "an official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist's",
"sensetop": "prescription for somethingon prescriptionby prescription",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.",
"contextForm": "prescription for something"
},
{
"text": "Antibiotics are only available on prescription.",
"contextForm": "on prescription"
},
{
"text": "Antibiotics are only available by prescription.",
"contextForm": "by prescription"
},
{
"text": "They are not available without a prescription."
},
{
"text": "**prescription drugs/medication(s)**"
},
{
"text": "I just get a repeat prescription every week."
},
{
"text": "She scribbled on her prescription pad and handed me a sheet."
},
{
"text": "the usual prescription for asthma"
},
{
"text": "the rising rate of drug prescriptions for emotional and psychological complaints"
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["medical", "free", "repeat"],
"verb + prescription": ["give somebody", "write", "write out"],
"prescription + noun": ["charges", "cost", "benefit"],
"preposition": [
"by prescription",
"on prescription",
"without (a) prescription"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "medicine that your doctor has ordered for you",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The pharmacist will make up your prescription."
},
{
"text": "Physicians often underestimate retail prescription costs."
},
{
"text": "The drug will be covered by Medicare's new prescription benefit."
},
{
"text": "The pharmacist dispenses prescriptions for antidepressants."
},
{
"text": "You are entitled to free prescriptions."
}
],
"topics": ["Healthcare"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["medical", "free", "repeat"],
"verb + prescription": ["give somebody", "write", "write out"],
"prescription + noun": ["charges", "cost", "benefit"],
"preposition": [
"by prescription",
"on prescription",
"without (a) prescription"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of prescribing medicine",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The prescription of drugs is a doctor's responsibility."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a plan or a suggestion for making something happen or for improving it",
"sensetop": "prescription (for something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a prescription for happiness"
},
{
"text": "Both parties will be outlining their prescription for economic recovery."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈskrɪpʃn/",
"audio": "pr/prescription/prescription__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈskrɪpʃn/",
"audio": "pr/prescription/prescription__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a legal term): via Old French from Latin praescriptio(n-), from the verb praescribere ‘direct in writing’, from prae ‘before’ + scribere ‘write’. Senses (1) to (3) date from the late 16th cent."
}