Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - forbid
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(forbids, forbidding, forbade, forbidden) 1. If you forbid someone to do something, or if you forbid an activity, you order that it must not be done. They’ll forbid you to marry... Brazil’s constitution forbids the military use of nuclear energy. = prohibit VERB: V n to-inf, V n 2. If something forbids a particular course of action or state of affairs, it makes it impossible for the course of action or state of affairs to happen. His own pride forbids him to ask Arthur’s help... Custom forbids any modernisation. VERB: V n to-inf, V n 3. God forbid: see god heaven forbid: see heaven
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I. transitive verb (forbade; also forbad; ~den; -bidding) Etymology: Middle English ~den, from Old English forbeodan, from for- + beodan to bid — more at bid Date: before 12th century 1. to proscribe from or as if from the position of one in authority ; command against the law ~s stores to sell liquor to minors her mother ~s her to go 2. to hinder or prevent as if by an effectual command space ~s further treatment here • ~der noun Synonyms: ~, prohibit, interdict, inhibit mean to debar one from doing something or to order that something not be done. ~ implies that the order is from one in authority and that obedience is expected smoking is ~den in the building. prohibit suggests the issuing of laws, statutes, or regulations prohibited the sale of liquor. interdict implies prohibition by civil or ecclesiastical authority usually for a given time or a declared purpose practices interdicted by the church. inhibit implies restraints or restrictions that amount to prohibitions, not only by authority but also by the exigencies of the time or situation conditions inhibiting the growth of free trade. II. adjective Date: 1606 archaic accursed he shall live a man ~ — Shakespeare ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (forbidding; past forbade or forbad; past part. forbidden) 1 (foll. by to + infin.) order not (I forbid you to go). 2 refuse to allow (a thing, or a person to have a thing) (I forbid it; was forbidden any wine). 3 refuse a person entry to (the gardens are forbidden to children). Phrases and idioms forbidden degrees see DEGREE. forbidden fruit something desired or enjoyed all the more because not allowed. God forbid! may it not happen! Etymology: OE forbeodan (as FOR-, BID) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. запрещать, не давать разрешения I forbid you to go there —- я запрещаю вам идти туда I am forbidden to smoke tobacco —- мне запрещено курить to forbid smb. one's house —- отказать кому-л. от дома to forbid smb. the country —- запретить въезд в страну 2. не позволять, не давать возможности, препятствовать my health forbids my coming —- я не могу поехать туда по состоянию здоровья this fact forbade the assumption of his guilt —- этот факт исключал его виновность an impassable river forbids the approach of the army —- отсутствие переправы делает невозможным продвижение армии Id: God forbid! —- боже избави!, боже упаси! Id: to forbid the banns —- заявить протест против заключения брака ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. past forbad, forbade; past part. forbidden запрещать; не позволять to forbid smb. the country - запретить кому-л. въезд в страну to forbid the house - отказать от дома time forbids - время не позволяет I am forbidden tobacco - мне запрещено курить God forbid! - боже упаси! Syn: see prohibit FORBID the banns заявить протест против заключения брака ...Англо-русский словарь
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past tense forbade past participle forbidden ~ v 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 forbid) (The law strictly forbids racial or sexual discrimination. | forbid sb to do sth) (He was forbidden to leave the base as a punishment.) 2 God/Heaven forbid spoken used to emphasize that you hope that something will not happen (Who would run the business if, God forbid, you were to die?) 3 formal to make it impossible for someone to do something (Lack of space forbids the listing of all those who contributed.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. forbeodan, from for- "against" + beodan "to command" (see bid). FORCE (N.) - 13c., from O.Fr. force, from L.L. fortia, from neut. pl. of L. fortis "strong" (see fort). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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