What part of speech is forbade?

Forbade can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. forbade is a verb, past simple of forbid (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does forbade mean?

Definitions

Verb

forbid - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
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"

Examples of forbade

#   Sentence  
1. verb The doctor forbade me to take part in the marathon.
2. verb My parents forbade me to see Tom again.
3. verb If it is true that the Greeks forbade women to go to the play, they acted in a right way; for they would at any rate be able to hear something.
4. verb My parents forbade me from seeing Tom.
5. verb The child is opening the window even though his mother forbade him to.
6. verb These fools broke the law that forbade breaking the law.
7. verb A theocracy engulfed the supernation and authorities forbade spaceflight for generations.
8. verb She forbade Tom from ever speaking to her again.
9. verb The law forbade dogs in his town.
10. verb My father forbade me from having a pet cat.
11. verb Layla forbade her daughter from seeing Sami again.
12. verb My health forbade me from venturing out unless the weather was exceptionally genial, and I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.
13. verb Algeria almost totally forbade Berber in the 1970's.
14. verb He forbade Skura from ever seeing Yidir.
15. verb When I converted to Islam, my parents forbade me to talk to my little brothers.
Sentence  
verb
The doctor forbade me to take part in the marathon.
My parents forbade me to see Tom again.
If it is true that the Greeks forbade women to go to the play, they acted in a right way; for they would at any rate be able to hear something.
My parents forbade me from seeing Tom.
The child is opening the window even though his mother forbade him to.
These fools broke the law that forbade breaking the law.
A theocracy engulfed the supernation and authorities forbade spaceflight for generations.
She forbade Tom from ever speaking to her again.
The law forbade dogs in his town.
My father forbade me from having a pet cat.
Layla forbade her daughter from seeing Sami again.
My health forbade me from venturing out unless the weather was exceptionally genial, and I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.
Algeria almost totally forbade Berber in the 1970's.
He forbade Skura from ever seeing Yidir.
When I converted to Islam, my parents forbade me to talk to my little brothers.

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