"prescriber" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: prescribers [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin praescrībōbor. English prescribe English -er English prescriber From prescribe + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|prescribe|-er|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin praescrībōbor. English prescribe English -er English prescriber [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*préh₂i", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*preh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-i", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*prai", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*prai-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "prae-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "cut", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)ker-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)kreybʰ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)kréybʰeti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*skreiβō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "scrībō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "praescrībō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "prescribe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "prescriber", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="prescriber"> From prescribe + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} prescriber (plural prescribers)
  1. A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner). Translations (a person who prescribes medication): reseptin kirjoittaja (Finnish), Verordner [masculine] (German), Verordnerin [feminine] (German), 처방자 (cheobangja) (Korean), 처방의 (cheobang'ui) (Korean)
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  2. One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
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Verb [Interlingua]

Head templates: {{head|ia|verb|head=}} prescriber, {{ia-verb|er}} prescriber Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], prescriber [infinitive], prescribente [participle, present], prescribite [participle, perfect], prescripte [participle, perfect], prescribe [active, present], ha prescribite [active, perfect, present], prescribeva [active, past, present], habeva prescribite [active, past, perfect], prescribera [active, future, present], habera prescribite [active, future, perfect], prescriberea [active, conditional, present], haberea prescribite [active, conditional, perfect], prescribe [active, imperative, present], - [active, imperative, perfect], es prescribite [passive, present], ha essite prescribite [passive, perfect, present], esseva prescribite [passive, past, present], habeva essite prescribite [passive, past, perfect], essera prescribite [future, passive, present], habera essite prescribite [future, passive, perfect], esserea prescribite [conditional, passive, present], haberea essite prescribite [conditional, passive, perfect], sia prescribite [imperative, passive, present], - [imperative, passive, perfect]
  1. to prescribe

Inflected forms

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      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "a person who prescribes medication",
      "word": "reseptin kirjoittaja"
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      "sense": "a person who prescribes medication",
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}

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