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English-german dictionary. 2013.
forbid something
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forbid — forbid, prohibit, enjoin, interdict, inhibit, ban are comparable when meaning to debar a person from using, doing, or entering or to order something not be used, done, or entered. Forbid is the more direct and familiar, prohibit, the more formal… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
forbid */*/ — UK [fə(r)ˈbɪd] / US [fərˈbɪd] verb [transitive] Word forms forbid : present tense I/you/we/they forbid he/she/it forbids present participle forbidding past tense forbade UK [fə(r)ˈbeɪd] / US [fərˈbeɪd] or forbad UK [fə(r)ˈbæd] / US [fərˈbæd] past … English dictionary
forbid — for|bid [ fər bıd ] (past tense for|bade [ fər beıd ] or for|bad [ fər bæd ] ; past participle for|bid|den [ fər bıdn ] ) verb transitive ** 1. ) to state that something is not allowed, according to a rule, law, or custom: PROHIBIT: new… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
forbid — forbidder, n. /feuhr bid , fawr /, v.t., forbade or forbad or forbid, forbidden or forbid, forbidding. 1. to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house … Universalium
forbid — for|bid [fəˈbıd US fər ] v past tense forbade [ ˈbæd, ˈbeıd] past participle forbidden [ ˈbıdn] present participle forbidding [T] [: Old English; Origin: forbeodan] 1.) to tell someone that they are not allowed to do something, or that something… … Dictionary of contemporary English
forbid past tense forbade — past participle forbidden / bIdn/ verb (T) 1 to tell someone that they definitely must not do something: You may not go to the party I absolutely forbid it! | forbid sb from doing sth: Women are forbidden from going out without a veil. | strictly … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
forbid — [[t]fə(r)bɪ̱d[/t]] forbids, forbidding, forbade, forbidden 1) VERB If you forbid someone to do something, or if you forbid an activity, you order that it must not be done. [V n to inf] They ll forbid you to marry... [ … English dictionary
forbid — I. transitive verb (forbade; also forbad; forbidden; bidding) Etymology: Middle English forbidden, from Old English forbēodan, from for + bēodan to bid more at bid Date: before 12th century 1. to proscribe from or as if from the position of one… … New Collegiate Dictionary
forbid — /fəˈbɪd / (say fuh bid) verb (t) (forbade, forbad, forbidden, forbid, forbidding) 1. to command (a person, etc.) not to do, have, use, etc., something, or not to enter some place: *I ve forbidden you to be on the front verandah when the patients… …
forbid — [OE] Forbid is a compound verb that appears to have been coined in prehistoric Germanic times from the prefix *fer , denoting negation or exclusion (as in forget) and *bithjan, source of English bid – hence, ‘command not to do something’. It… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
forbid — [OE] Forbid is a compound verb that appears to have been coined in prehistoric Germanic times from the prefix *fer , denoting negation or exclusion (as in forget) and *bithjan, source of English bid – hence, ‘command not to do something’. It… … Word origins
