Definitions for forbid
fərˈbɪd, fɔr-for·bid

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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"

2. prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbidverb

   keep from happening or arising; make impossible

   "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. forbidverb

   To disallow

   Etymology: From forbeden, from forbeodan, equivalent to . Cognate with verbieden, verbieten, förbjuda.

2. forbidverb

   To proscribe

   Etymology: From forbeden, from forbeodan, equivalent to . Cognate with verbieden, verbieten, förbjuda.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Forbid

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2. Forbidverb

   to command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict

3. Forbidverb

   to deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter

4. Forbidverb

   to oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army

5. Forbidverb

   to accurse; to blast

6. Forbidverb

   to defy; to challenge

7. Forbidverb

   to utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Forbid

   for-bid′, v.t. to prohibit: to command not to do: (Shak.) to restrain.—n. Forbid′dance, prohibition: command or edict against a thing.—adj. Forbid′den, prohibited: unlawful.—adv. Forbid′denly (Shak.), in a forbidden or unlawful manner.—adj. Forbid′ding, repulsive: raising dislike: unpleasant.—adv. Forbid′dingly.—n. Forbid′dingness.—Forbidden, or Prohibited, degrees, degrees of consanguinity within which marriage is not allowed; Forbidden fruit, or Adam's apple, a name fancifully given to the fruit of various species of Citrus, esp. to one having tooth-marks on its rind. [A.S. forbéodan, pa.t. forbéad, pa.p. forboden. See pfx. for-, and bid; cf. Ger. verbieten.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'forbid' in Verbs Frequency: #932

How to pronounce forbid?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of forbid in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of forbid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of forbid in a Sentence

1. Patrick Henry:

   Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!

2. Del Rio:

   At the end of the day, cruise ships have General Motors, propellers and rudders, and God forbid we can't operate in the state of Florida for whatever reason, then there are other states that we do operate from, and we can operate from Royal Caribbean for a ship that otherwise would have gone to Florida.

3. Kaplan Thaler:

   Of course, god forbid I would let her actually fall.

4. John Rhys-Davies:

   It's an age where politicians don't actually say what they believe, they are afraid of being judged as being partisan. Heaven forbid that we should criticize people who, after all, share a different value system. 'But it's all relevant. It's all equally relative. We're all the same. And God and the devil, they're the same, aren't they, really? Right and wrong? It's really just two faces of the same coin,'.

5. Scott Kane:

   I just felt it's my responsibility to find some way of protecting my family if God forbid something worse happens when I'm not at home.

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