Definition of Prescriptive

describing precisely what must happen, especially by giving an instruction/rule

Examples of Prescriptive in a sentence

The prescriptive video showed nursing students exactly how to take blood from a patient.  🔊

Issuing very prescriptive guidelines for behavior, the strict teacher told the children exactly how they should and shouldn’t behave.  🔊

Nana gave her granddaughter prescriptive advice, but the young rebel chose to do things her own way.  🔊

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