noun · neutral
prescription
/prɪˈskrɪpʃən/pre·SCRIP·tion
Band 5-6speakingtask2
a doctor's written order for medicine or treatment
Examples
“The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics.”
“You need a prescription to collect this medicine from the pharmacy.”
“She took the prescription to the chemist and got the medicine.”
Band 8 sentence
“If it's a new medication, the pharmacist will only dispense it with a valid prescription from a doctor.”
Collocations
- write a prescription / fill a prescription
- prescription medicine
Word family
prescribe verbprescribed adjective / verb
Common mistakes
I need prescription for cold.→I need a prescription for a cold.
The doctor made a prescription.→The doctor wrote a prescription.
Say it for a higher band
5get medicine→6get a prescription→7+prescription
Synonyms
medication order
Easily confused
subscription
“I just renewed my subscription to the music streaming service.”
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