Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To exclude or shut out; to bar.

    ausschließen

  2. (transitive)To hinder or prevent.

    prevent from entering; keep out

  3. (US, transitive)To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He was debarred from entering the club.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
To exclude or shut out; to bar:

Origin

From Anglo-Norman debarrer.

From Anglo-Norman debarrer.

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Forms

debars, debarring, debarred, debarred
Base formdebar · to debar
3rd person singulardebars
Present participledebarring
Past simpledebarred
Past participledebarred

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydebar
he, she, itdebars

Past simpleLesson

all personsdebarred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave debarred
he, she, ithas debarred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill debar

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relateddebarment
Derivedundebarred

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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