What does prohibit mean?

Definitions for prohibit
proʊˈhɪb ɪtpro·hib·it

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nixverb

    command against

    "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

Wiktionary

  1. prohibitverb

    To forbid, disallow, or proscribe; to make illegal or illicit.

    The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To PROHIBITverb

    Etymology: prohibeo, Lat. prohiber, Fr.

    She would not let them know of his close lying in that prohibited place, because they would be offended. Philip Sidney.

    The weightiest, which it did command them, are to us in the gospel prohibited. Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 11.

    Gates of burning adamant
    Bar’d over us, prohibit all egress. John Milton.

ChatGPT

  1. prohibit

    To prohibit means to formally forbid or prevent something by law, rule, or other authoritative regulation. It involves banning, disallowing, or making something illegal or against the rules.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Prohibitverb

    to forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing

  2. Prohibitverb

    to hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Prohibit

    prō-hib′it, v.t. to hinder: to check or repress: to prevent: to forbid: to interdict by authority.—ns. Prohib′iter; Prohibi′tion, the act of prohibiting, forbidding, or interdicting: an interdict: the forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks; Prohib′itionism; Prohibi′tionist, one who favours prohibitory duties in commerce: one who advocates the forbidding by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks.—adj. Prohib′itive.—adv. Prohib′itively.—adj. Prohib′itory, that prohibits or forbids: forbidding.—Prohibited degrees (see Forbidden degrees, under Degree).—Writ of prohibition (law), a writ from a superior tribunal staying proceedings in a lower court: (Scots law) a clause in a deed of entail forbidding the heir to sell the estate, contract debt, &c. [L. prohibēre, prohibitumpro, before, habēre, to have.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'prohibit' in Verbs Frequency: #1092

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prohibit in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prohibit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of prohibit in a Sentence

  1. Lakshheish M Patel:

    Tomorrow the India stock market is most likely to open further Rs.5 down of each Rs.100 worth shares and decling trend is likely to continue till June end month. Brokerage houses will continue to prohibit the entry of sell price and play spoilsport as companies have started looting invested money of public in share market

  2. The United:

    It is unreasonable to expect that the The United States government should deny their population access to drugs manufactured in the USA, these laws also exist in many other countries, and indeed the UK government has enacted laws to prohibit the export of essential medicines from the UK in this same situation.

  3. Alex Sobrino:

    We worry the government will restrict us, prohibit things, start to say this is illicit enrichment.

  4. Philip Townsend:

    Does the regulation prohibit references to politics and religion? Yes, and I can guarantee you that we will look at this situation.

  5. President Harding:

    Let the black man vote when he is fit to vote; prohibit the white man voting when he is unfit to vote.

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