forbid
About 2.62 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To disallow; to proscribe.
Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden.
- verb To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
- verb To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.
- verb To accurse; to blast.
- verb To defy; to challenge.
What part of "no" do you forbid to understand?
Similar words
proscribe prohibit veto disallow preclude prevent forestall foreclose interdict banning
Often followed by
the that it them you any him all us
Word family
forbad forbade forbidden forbidder forbidders forbidding forbids
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