Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To disallow; to proscribe.

    Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden.

    verbieten, untersagen, verweigern

    запреща́тьzapreščátʹ, запрети́тьzapretítʹ, отка́зыватьotkázyvatʹ

    забороня́тиzaboronjáty, заборони́тиzaboronýty

  2. (ditransitive)To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.

  3. (transitive)To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.

    An impassable river forbids the approach of the army.

    command against

  4. (obsolete, transitive)To accurse; to blast.

  5. (obsolete, transitive)To defy; to challenge.

    What part of "no" do you forbid to understand?

Examples

300 sentences
  1. Smoking is forbidden in this area.

    Паління в цій зоні заборонено.

    deRauchen ist in diesem Gebiet verboten.

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  2. I forbid you to talk to Tom.

    Я забороняю тобі говорити з Томом.

    ruЯ запрещаю тебе говорить с Томом.

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  3. Tom is forbidden to go out.

    Томові заборонено виходити на вулицю.

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  4. I forbid you to do this.

    ruЯ запрещаю тебе это делать.

    deIch verbiete dir, das zu tun!

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  5. I forbid you to do that.

    ruЯ запрещаю тебе это делать.

    deIch verbiete dir, das zu tun!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English forbeden, from Old English forbēodan (“to forbid, prohibit, restrain,

From Middle English forbeden, from Old English forbēodan (“to forbid, prohibit, restrain, refuse, repeal, annul”), from Proto-Germanic *furibeudaną, from *furi + *beudaną. Equivalent to for- (“from, away”) + bid (“to offer, proclaim”). Cognate with Dutch verbieden (“to forbid”), German verbieten (“to forbid”), Danish forbyde (“to forbid”),

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Forms

forbids, forbidding, forbade, forbidden
Base formforbid · to forbid
3rd person singularforbids
Present participleforbidding
Past simpleforbade / forbad / forbid
Past participleforbidden

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforbid
he, she, itforbids

Past simpleLesson

all personsforbade

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill forbid

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

See also

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