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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.
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.
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.
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."
Definition of forbid verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place. to forbid him entry to the house. 2. to prohibit (something); make a rule or law against. to forbid the use of lipstick. to forbid smoking. 3. to hinder or prevent; make impossible.
FORBID meaning: 1. to refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action…. Learn more.
From Middle English forbeden, from Old English forbēodan (“to forbid, prohibit, restrain, refuse, repeal, annul”), equivalent to for- (“from, away”) + bid (“to offer, proclaim”).
1. 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. [...] 3. God forbid. More. Pronunciation of 'forbid' British English pronunciation
