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prescribed

  • /pɹəˈskɹaɪbd/

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of prescribe

adjective more prescribed · most prescribed

  1. Of a procedure, specified to a great degree of detail; established as following a strict procedure or set of rules. Short-term energy monitoring tuning follows a very prescribed procedure; building shell parameters are adjusted first, then HVAC efficiency.

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Closest in meaning: appointed, decreed, formal, nonarbitrary, official, ordained, positive, regular, settled, unarbitrary, accordance, advocated, affixed, allocated, allotted, allowed

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@misc{prescribed_2026,
  title = {prescribed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prescribed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}