forbid

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɝ'bɪd/
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[edit] Verb

to forbid (third-person singular simple present forbids, present participle forbidding, simple past forbade or forbad, past participle forbidden)

1. To disallow
2. To proscribe
   • 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     ...the Mole recollected that animal-etiquette forbade any sort of comment on the sudden disappearance of one's friends at any moment, for any reason or no reason whatever.

[edit] Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that in the active form takes the gerund (-ing), but in passive takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

[edit] Synonyms

• prohibit
• disallow
• ban

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• forbid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• forbid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913