Definition of forbids Forbids
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What does forbids mean?
Part of speech
🔤- forbids, verb, present, 3rd person singular of forbid (infinitive).
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| forbid - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" | ||
| prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix | ||
| countenance, permit, let, allow consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" | ||
| require, command make someone do something | ||
| ban prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" | ||
| debar, bar, exclude prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" | ||
| enjoin issue an injunction | ||
| criminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, criminalize declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." | ||
| forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" | ||
| prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude | ||
| make unnecessary, save make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time" | ||
| forefend, stave off, head off, fend off, forfend, obviate, avert, ward off, debar, deflect, avoid do away with | ||
| stymie, stymy, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, blockade, block cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | ||
| thwart, frustrate, queer, scotch, baffle, foil, bilk, cross, spoil hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" | ||
| kibosh, halt, stop, block cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- forbid
of Forbid - forbid (v. t.)
To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. - forbid (v. t.)
To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. - forbid (v. t.)
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. - forbid (v. t.)
To accurse; to blast. - forbid (v. t.)
To defy; to challenge. - forbid (v. i.)
To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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forbid
To tell not to do something.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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forbid
for-bid′, v.t. to prohibit: to command not to do: (Shak.) to restrain.—n. Forbid′dance, prohibition: command or edict against a thing.—adj. Forbid′den, prohibited: unlawful.—adv. Forbid′denly (Shak.), in a forbidden or unlawful manner.—adj. Forbid′ding, repulsive: raising dislike: unpleasant.—adv. Forbid′dingly.—n. Forbid′dingness.—Forbidden, or Prohibited, degrees, degrees of consanguinity within which marriage is not allowed; Forbidden fruit, or Adam's apple, a name fancifully given to the fruit of various species of Citrus, esp. to one having tooth-marks on its rind. [A.S. forbéodan, pa.t. forbéad, pa.p. forboden. See pfx. for-, and bid; cf. Ger. verbieten.]
