forbid

forbid
transitive verb,
-dd-, forbade or forbad, forbidden
1)

forbid somebody to do something — jemandem verbieten, etwas zu tun

forbid [somebody] something — [jemandem] etwas verbieten

it is forbidden [to do something] — es ist verboten od. nicht gestattet[, etwas zu tun]

2) (make impossible) nicht zulassen; nicht erlauben

God/Heaven forbid [that ...]! — Gott/der Himmel bewahre[, dass ...]!

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[fə'bid]
past tense - forbade; verb
(to tell (someone) not to do something: She forbade him to go.) verbieten
- academic.ru/28750/forbidden">forbidden
- forbidding
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for·bid
<-dd-, forbade or (old) forbad, forbidden>
[fəˈbɪd, AM fɚˈ-]
vt
1. (legally)
▪ to \forbid sth etw verbieten
2. (refuse)
▪ to \forbid sth (form) etw verbieten
▪ to \forbid sb sth [or sth to sb] (form) jdm etw verbieten
▪ to \forbid sb from doing sth, to \forbid sb to do sth jdm verbieten, etw zu tun
3.
▶ God [or heaven] \forbid [that ...] Gott behüte [o bewahre] mich [davor, dass ..]
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[fə'bɪd] pret forbad(e), ptp forbidden
vt
1) (= not allow) verbieten

to forbid sb to do sth — jdm verbieten, etw zu tun

2) (= prevent) verhindern, nicht erlauben

my health forbids my attending or me from attending the meeting — meine Gesundheit erlaubt es nicht, dass ich an dem Treffen teilnehme

God or Heaven forbid! — Gott behüte or bewahre!

Heaven forbid that she should come! — der Himmel bewahre uns davor, dass sie kommt!

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forbid [fə(r)ˈbıd; fɔː(r)-] prät -bade [-ˈbæd; -ˈbeıd], -bad [-ˈbæd], pperf -bidden [-ˈbıdn], -bid
A v/t
1. verbieten, untersagen:
forbid sb to do sth jemandem verbieten, etwas zu tun;
forbid sb the house jemandem das Haus verbieten
2. ausschließen, unmöglich machen:
God (oder heaven) forbid that we … möge Gott uns davor behüten oder bewahren, dass wir …
B v/i God (oder heaven) forbid! Gott behüte oder bewahre!;
if, God forbid, … falls, was Gott verhüten möge, …
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transitive verb,
-dd-, forbade or forbad, forbidden
1)

forbid somebody to do something — jemandem verbieten, etwas zu tun

forbid [somebody] something — [jemandem] etwas verbieten

it is forbidden [to do something] — es ist verboten od. nicht gestattet[, etwas zu tun]

2) (make impossible) nicht zulassen; nicht erlauben

God/Heaven forbid [that ...]! — Gott/der Himmel bewahre[, dass ...]!

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v.
(§ p.,p.p.: forbad, forbidden)
= untersagen v.
verbieten v.

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