prohibit

pro·hib·it

P0587500 (prō-hĭb′ĭt)tr.v. pro·hib·it·ed, pro·hib·it·ing, pro·hib·its 1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid.2. To prevent; preclude: Modesty prohibits me from saying what happened.

[Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibēre, prohibit- : pro-, in front; see pro-¹ + habēre, to hold; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]

prohibit

(prəˈhɪbɪt) vb (tr) 1. to forbid by law or other authority2. to hinder or prevent[C15: from Latin prohibēre to prevent, from pro-¹ + habēre to hold] proˈhibiter, proˈhibitor n

pro•hib•it

(proʊˈhɪb ɪt)

v.t. 1. to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law. 2. to forbid the action of (a person). 3. to prevent; hinder. [1400–50; < Latin prohibitus, past participle of prohibēre to hold before, hold back, hinder, forbid =pro- pro-¹ + -hibēre, comb. form of habēre to have, hold; see habit¹] pro•hib′it•er, pro•hib′i•tor, n.

prohibit

To prohibit something means to forbid it or make it illegal.

We prohibit air guns and other weapons that might wound someone.She believes that nuclear weapons should be totally prohibited.

You can say that someone is prohibited from doing something.

Guests were once prohibited from entering the kitchen.The country has a law prohibiting employees from striking.

prohibit

Past participle: prohibited
Gerund: prohibiting

Imperative
prohibit
prohibit

Present
I prohibit
you prohibit
he/she/it prohibits
we prohibit
you prohibit
they prohibit

Preterite
I prohibited
you prohibited
he/she/it prohibited
we prohibited
you prohibited
they prohibited

Present Continuous
I am prohibiting
you are prohibiting
he/she/it is prohibiting
we are prohibiting
you are prohibiting
they are prohibiting

Present Perfect
I have prohibited
you have prohibited
he/she/it has prohibited
we have prohibited
you have prohibited
they have prohibited

Past Continuous
I was prohibiting
you were prohibiting
he/she/it was prohibiting
we were prohibiting
you were prohibiting
they were prohibiting

Past Perfect
I had prohibited
you had prohibited
he/she/it had prohibited
we had prohibited
you had prohibited
they had prohibited

Future
I will prohibit
you will prohibit
he/she/it will prohibit
we will prohibit
you will prohibit
they will prohibit

Future Perfect
I will have prohibited
you will have prohibited
he/she/it will have prohibited
we will have prohibited
you will have prohibited
they will have prohibited

Future Continuous
I will be prohibiting
you will be prohibiting
he/she/it will be prohibiting
we will be prohibiting
you will be prohibiting
they will be prohibiting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been prohibiting
you have been prohibiting
he/she/it has been prohibiting
we have been prohibiting
you have been prohibiting
they have been prohibiting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been prohibiting
you will have been prohibiting
he/she/it will have been prohibiting
we will have been prohibiting
you will have been prohibiting
they will have been prohibiting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been prohibiting
you had been prohibiting
he/she/it had been prohibiting
we had been prohibiting
you had been prohibiting
they had been prohibiting

Conditional
I would prohibit
you would prohibit
he/she/it would prohibit
we would prohibit
you would prohibit
they would prohibit

Past Conditional
I would have prohibited
you would have prohibited
he/she/it would have prohibited
we would have prohibited
you would have prohibited
they would have prohibited

Thesaurus

Verb

prohibit - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"disallow, forbid, nix, proscribe, veto, interdictcommand, require - make someone do somethingban - prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"bar, debar, exclude - prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"enjoin - issue an injunctioncriminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, criminalize - declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."

prohibit

verb1. forbid, ban, rule out, veto, outlaw, disallow, proscribe, debar, interdict, criminalize the law which prohibits trading on Sunday
forbid allow, permit, order, let, further, suffer, command, endure, license, tolerate, authorize, consent to, give leave to2. prevent, restrict, rule out, stop, hamper, hinder, constrain, obstruct, preclude, impede, make impossible The contraption prohibited any movement.
prevent let, allow, permit

prohibit

verbTo refuse to allow:ban, debar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, proscribe, taboo.

Translations

禁止

prohibit

(prəˈhibit) verb to forbid. Smoking is prohibited.禁止prohibition (prəuiˈbiʃən) noun1. the act of prohibiting. We demand the prohibition by the government of the sale of this drug.禁止2. a rule, law etc forbidding something. The headmaster issued a prohibition against bringing knives into school.禁令

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verb forbid

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verb prevent

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verb to refuse to allow

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verb command against

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