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inhibitinhibit /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYinhibitOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin, past participle of inhibere to prevent, from habere to have VERB TABLEinhibit |
| Present | I, you, we, they | inhibit | | he, she, it | inhibits | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | inhibited | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have inhibited | | he, she, it | has inhibited | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had inhibited | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will inhibit | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have inhibited |
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| Present | I | am inhibiting | | he, she, it | is inhibiting | | you, we, they | are inhibiting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was inhibiting | | you, we, they | were inhibiting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been inhibiting | | he, she, it | has been inhibiting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been inhibiting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be inhibiting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been inhibiting |
THESAURUSto do something so that something harmful or bad does not happen► preventto do something so that something harmful or bad does not happen: The rules are intended to prevent accidents. ► stop to prevent someone or something from doing something. Stop sounds more informal than prevent: Why didn’t someone stop him from driving the car? ► avoid to do something that prevents something bad from happening to you: I wore plenty of sunscreen to avoid getting sunburned. ► deter formal to stop someone from doing something by making it difficult or unpleasant: The store uses security cameras to deter people from stealing. ► inhibit formal to prevent something from happening. Used in scientific and medical language: The medication may inhibit cancer cell growth. 1to prevent something from growing or developing as much as it might have: An unhappy family life may inhibit children’s learning.► see thesaurus at prevent2to make someone feel embarrassed or less confident and less able to do or say what he or she wants to: inhibit somebody from doing something Taping the meeting might inhibit people from expressing their opinions.3to make it more difficult or impossible for someone to do something: inhibit somebody from doing something His handicap doesn’t inhibit him from working. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin, past participle of inhibere to prevent, from habere to have] |