prescriptive
If something is prescriptive, it gives rules about what you should do.
Stating rules or standards about what people should do or what is considered correct, rather than simply describing what actually happens.
In medicine, prescriptive means connected to giving a prescription.
Relating to the act of prescribing a medicine or treatment; specifying what should be taken or done medically.
In law, prescriptive means a right gained by using something for a long time.
In law, relating to a right or claim acquired through long, continuous use or possession over time.
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prescriptive analytics
1data advice on what to do
Prescriptive analytics uses data to suggest the best action.
- The retailer used prescriptive analytics to set prices and reduce waste.
- Prescriptive analytics can suggest which customers to target and when.
- Their dashboard combines predictive and prescriptive analytics for planning.
prescriptive easement
1easement gained by long use
A prescriptive easement is a legal right to use land after using it for many years.
- The lawyer argued that years of parking there created a prescriptive easement.
- To prove a prescriptive easement, they had to show the use was open and continuous.
- The owner put up a sign to prevent a prescriptive easement from forming.
prescriptive grammar
1rules about correct language
Prescriptive grammar tells people which forms are correct.
- Prescriptive grammar books may label some everyday expressions as incorrect.
- The course compared prescriptive grammar with descriptive approaches.
- Editors sometimes rely on prescriptive grammar when enforcing house style.
- Prescriptive grammar says what is correct English.
prescriptive right
1legal right gained by long use
A prescriptive right is a legal right you gain by using something for many years.
- They claimed a prescriptive right to draw water from the well.
- The judge asked for evidence of long use to establish a prescriptive right.
- A prescriptive right can be lost if the use stops for a long period.