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- Dictionaryforbid/fəˈbɪd/
verb
- 1. refuse to allow (something): "I can see why phones were forbidden"
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FORBID definition: 1. to refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action…. Learn more.
The meaning of FORBID is to proscribe from or as if from the position of one in authority : command against. How to use forbid in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Forbid.
to order somebody not to do something; to order that something must not be done. forbid somebody (from doing something) He forbade them from mentioning the subject again. forbid something Her father forbade the marriage. Smoking is strictly forbidden. You cannot do that. I absolutely forbid it.
to refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action by making it impossible: The law forbids the sale of cigarettes to people under the age of 16. [ + to infinitive ] He's obviously really embarrassed about it because he forbade me to tell anyone. be forbidden from He is forbidden from leaving the country.
forbid, inhibit, prohibit, taboo indicate a command to refrain from some action. forbid, a common and familiar word, usually denotes a direct or personal command of this sort: I forbid you to go.
When you forbid something, you refuse to allow it. You might have heard your parents say things like, "I forbid you to play ball in the house!" or "I forbid you to have any more parties when we're not home!" Forbid comes from the Old English word forbeodan, meaning "forbid, prohibit."
1. to command (a person) not to do or have something or not to enter some place. 2. to prohibit or bar (something); make a rule or law against: to forbid smoking.
FORBID definition: 1. to order someone not to do something, or to say that something must not happen: 2. something…. Learn more.
If you forbid someone to do something, or if you forbid an activity, you order that it must not be done. 2. If something forbids a particular course of action or state of affairs, it makes it impossible for the course of action or state of affairs to happen.
Forbid definition: to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place. See examples of FORBID used in a sentence.
