forbid
verb /fəˈbɪd/
/fərˈbɪd/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they forbid | /fəˈbɪd/ /fərˈbɪd/ |
| he / she / it forbids | /fəˈbɪdz/ /fərˈbɪdz/ |
| past simple forbade | /fəˈbæd/, /fəˈbeɪd/ /fərˈbæd/, /fərˈbeɪd/ |
| past participle forbidden | /fəˈbɪdn/ /fərˈbɪdn/ |
| -ing form forbidding | /fəˈbɪdɪŋ/ /fərˈbɪdɪŋ/ |
- to order somebody not to do something; to order that something must not be done
- forbid somebody (from doing something) He forbade them from mentioning the subject again.
- forbid something Her father forbade the marriage.
- Smoking is strictly forbidden.
- You cannot do that. I absolutely forbid it.
- forbid somebody to do something You are all forbidden to leave.
- forbid somebody something My doctor has forbidden me sugar.
- forbid (somebody) doing something She knew her mother would forbid her going.
Express Yourself Forbidding somebody to do somethingForbidding somebody to do somethingWhen speaking to somebody, we usually use indirect language to ask them not to do something:opposite allow, permitTopics Permission and obligationb2- I'm sorry, smoking isn't allowed./You're not allowed to smoke here.
- Would you mind not talking during the music?
- Could I ask you not to use your phone here, please?
- I'm afraid I have to ask you not to take pictures here.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- strictly
- absolutely
- totally
- …
- from
- be forbidden by law
- forbid something | forbid somebody to do something (formal) to make it difficult or impossible to do something synonym prohibit
- Lack of space forbids further treatment of the topic here.
Word OriginOld English forbēodan (from for- and bid2).
Idioms
God/Heaven forbid (that…)
- (informal) used to say that you hope that something will not happen
- ‘Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me.’ ‘God forbid!’