prescription
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions
I tried to follow her prescription for success
Types & categories
- instruction hypernym
Related & opposite
- dictate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist
he told the doctor that he had been taking his prescription regularly
Types & categories
- medication hypernym
- refill hyponym
Related & opposite
- over-the-counter drug antonym
Sense 3 noun
written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person
Types & categories
- black and white hypernym
Sense 4 noun
written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient
Types & categories
- black and white hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dictate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | instruction |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | over-the-counter drug |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | medication |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | refill |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | black and white |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | black and white |