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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
forbids, forbidding, forbade, forbad, forbid, forbidden |
| definition 1: |
to give orders that bar or prohibit (an action).
His grandparents forbid smoking in their house.The new government has forbidden the drinking of alcohol.- synonyms:
- ban, prohibit
- antonyms:
- allow, authorize, empower, permit
- similar words:
- inhibit, interdict, outlaw, proscribe, taboo, veto
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| definition 2: |
to command that (someone) not do something.
Her parents forbade her to stay out past midnight.I forbid you to talk about your father in that way!- antonyms:
- allow, empower, permit
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| definition 3: |
to prevent (someone) from doing something by commanding against it.
Her parents tried to forbid her from marrying the man she loved.- synonyms:
- prohibit
- similar words:
- prevent, stop
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| definition 4: |
to obstruct or make impossible.
The high walls forbade entry to the castle.- synonyms:
- bar, obstruct, prohibit
- antonyms:
- allow, permit
- similar words:
- block, deter, hinder, impede, preclude, prevent
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| related words: |
banish, bar, deny, inhibit, overrule |
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