Dictionary Definition
forbid
Verb
1 command against; "I forbid you to call me late
at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" [syn:
prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow] [ant: permit, permit]
2 keep from happening or arising; have the effect
of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" [syn:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude] [also: forbidding, forbidden, forbade, forbad]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /'foɻbɪd/
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that in the active form takes the gerund (-ing), but in passive takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Translations
to disallow
- Chinese: 禁止(Jin4 Zhi3)
- Czech: zakázat
- Danish: forbyde
- Dutch: verbieden
- Esperanto: malpermesi
- Finnish: kieltää
- French: interdire
- German: verbieten, untersagen
- Greek: απαγορεύω
- Hebrew: אסר
- Hungarian: tilt, megtilt
- Icelandic: banna
- Ido: interdiktar
- Indonesian: larang, melarang
- Italian: proibire, vietare
- Japanese: 禁じる (きんじる, kinjiru), 禁ずる (きんずる, kinzuru), 禁止する (きんしする, kinshi-suru)
- Norwegian: forby
- Polish: zakazywać, zabraniać
- Portuguese: proibir
- Romanian: interzice
- Russian: запретить
- Serbian: zabraniti
- Spanish: prohibir (prohíbo)
- Swedish: förbjuda
References
Extensive Definition
Forbidden or forbid may refer to a number of
things:
- It is an English word referring to something that is off-limits.
Films
- Forbidden (1932 film), directed by Frank Capra
- Forbidden (1948 film), directed by George King
- Forbidden (1953 film), directed by Rudolph Maté
- Forbidden (1984 film), directed by Anthony Page
- Forbidden (2002 film), directed by Robert Kubilos
- Forbidden (2008 film), directed by Geert Wilders
Music
- Forbidden (band), a 1980s American metal band
- Forbidden (Black Sabbath album), a 1995 album
- Forbidden (Christine Dolce album), a 2007 album
Companies
- Forbidden Technologies plc, a UK company based in Wimbledon
Fictional
- GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam, a mobile suit from the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Other
- "ForBiddeN", nickname of model/stylist Christine Dolce, popularized by networking website MySpace
forbid in French: Forbidden
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
anticipate, avert, ban, bar, block, check, curb, debar, deflect, deny, deter, disallow, discourage, dishearten, embargo, enjoin, estop, exclude, exclude from, fend, fend off, foreclose, forestall, halt, help, hinder, impede, inhibit, interdict, keep from, keep
off, obstruct, obviate, outlaw, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, repel, repress, restrain, rule out, save, say no to, shut out, stave
off, stop, suppress, taboo, turn aside, veto, ward off