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In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen.
Martha Gellhorn

Meaning of "forbade" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORBADE

forbade  [fəˈbæd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORBADE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forbade is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb forbade in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORBADE

PRESENT

Present
I forbid
you forbid
he/she/it forbids
we forbid
you forbid
they forbid
Present continuous
I am forbidding
you are forbidding
he/she/it is forbidding
we are forbidding
you are forbidding
they are forbidding
Present perfect
I have forbidden
you have forbidden
he/she/it has forbidden
we have forbidden
you have forbidden
they have forbidden
Present perfect continuous
I have been forbidding
you have been forbidding
he/she/it has been forbidding
we have been forbidding
you have been forbidding
they have been forbidding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I forbade
you forbade
he/she/it forbade
we forbade
you forbade
they forbade
Past continuous
I was forbidding
you were forbidding
he/she/it was forbidding
we were forbidding
you were forbidding
they were forbidding
Past perfect
I had forbidden
you had forbidden
he/she/it had forbidden
we had forbidden
you had forbidden
they had forbidden
Past perfect continuous
I had been forbidding
you had been forbidding
he/she/it had been forbidding
we had been forbidding
you had been forbidding
they had been forbidding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will forbid
you will forbid
he/she/it will forbid
we will forbid
you will forbid
they will forbid
Future continuous
I will be forbidding
you will be forbidding
he/she/it will be forbidding
we will be forbidding
you will be forbidding
they will be forbidding
Future perfect
I will have forbidden
you will have forbidden
he/she/it will have forbidden
we will have forbidden
you will have forbidden
they will have forbidden
Future perfect continuous
I will have been forbidding
you will have been forbidding
he/she/it will have been forbidding
we will have been forbidding
you will have been forbidding
they will have been forbidding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would forbade
you would forbade
he/she/it would forbade
we would forbade
you would forbade
they would forbade
Conditional continuous
I would be forbidding
you would be forbidding
he/she/it would be forbidding
we would be forbidding
you would be forbidding
they would be forbidding
Conditional perfect
I would have forbade
you would have forbade
he/she/it would have forbade
we would have forbade
you would have forbade
they would have forbade
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been forbidding
you would have been forbidding
he/she/it would have been forbidding
we would have been forbidding
you would have been forbidding
they would have been forbidding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you forbid
we let´s forbid
you forbid
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to forbid
Past participle
forbidden
Present Participle
forbidding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORBADE


Allahabad
ˌæləhəˈbæd
bad
bæd
bade
bæd
barred
bæd
Faridabad
fæˈrɪdəbæd
feel-bad
ˈfiːlˌbæd
forbad
fəˈbæd
Jalalabad
dʒəˈlæləbæd
Marienbad
ˈmærɪənˌbæd
Moradabad
ˌmɔːrədəˈbæd
Secunderabad
səˈkʌndərəˌbæd
Sinbad
ˈsɪnbæd
superbad
ˌsuːpərˈbæd
tebbad
ˈtɛbæd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORBADE

forb
forbad
forbear
forbearance
forbearant
forbearer
forbearing
forbearingly
Forbes
forbid
forbid the banns
forbiddal
forbiddance
forbidden
forbidden band
Forbidden City
forbidden fruit
forbidden transition
forbiddenly
forbidder

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORBADE

arcade
aubade
blade
decade
fade
gambade
grade
handmade
jade
made
make the grade
on the upgrade
overbade
parade
shade
trade
tribade
underbade
upgrade
wade

Synonyms and antonyms of forbade in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORBADE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «forbade» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of forbade

Translation of «forbade» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORBADE

Find out the translation of forbade to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forbade from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forbade» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

禁止
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prohibió
570 millions of speakers

English

forbade
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मना किया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نهى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запретил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proibia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষেধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

interdisait
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melarang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verbot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

forbade
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

금지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Forbade
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cấm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தடைசெய்தது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मना करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yasakladı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forbade
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zabronił
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заборонив
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

interzis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαγόρευε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbjöd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbød
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forbade

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORBADE»

The term «forbade» is regularly used and occupies the 70.185 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORBADE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forbade» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forbade» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forbade

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5 QUOTES WITH «FORBADE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word forbade.
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Suzanne Fields
Many critics of the Palestinians, especially those in Congress, think the current calm is merely the eye of the storm. That's why the House of Representatives approved a foreign aid package last week that forbade the direct financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority .
2
George Fox
When the Lord sent me forth into the world, He forbade me to put off my hat to any, high or low.
3
Martha Gellhorn
In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen.
4
Mary Matalin
No, no, no. Dick Cheney forbade me to waste time on his image. I would have liked to have done more.
5
Valentina Tereshkova
They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORBADE»

Discover the use of forbade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forbade and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Barron's 1001 Pitfalls in English Grammar
(forbad), forbidden Infinitive: to forbid Perfect Infinitive: to have forbidden Present Participle: forbidding Past Participle: forbidden Past Fut. if I forbade, forbad if you forbade, forbad if he (she, it) forbade, forbad if I should forbid if you should forbid  ...
Vincent F. Hopper, 1986
2
Garner's Modern American Usage
Language-Change Index ✳forebearance forforbearance: Stage 1 forbid > forbade > forbidden. A. Standard Forms. The past tense isforbade (rhyming with glad)—e.g.: “[Locke] sharply distinguished the respective spheres of Church and State ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
3
Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
2005). forbade. See forbid. forbear, vb.; forebear, n. Though unrelated, these words are confused in every conceivable way. Forebear, always a noun, means “ ancestor” (usually used in the plural). Forbear is the verb meaning “to refrain from  ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2011
4
Sahih Al-Bukhari:
He replied "The Prophet forbade the sale a dates on the trees till they became fit for eating and could be weighed." A man asked what to be weighed (as the dates were still on the trees). Another man sitting beside Ibn `Abbas replied, "Till they ...
Hamdaan Publications
5
The Unknown Virginia Woolf
'Forbade childbirth, penalised despair' It is at least possible that Leonard's will imposed itself upon Virginia to an even greater extent than in his insistence that she was insane when she was trying to hang on to the belief that she was not.
Roger Poole, 1995
6
The Clementine homilies: (Tranls. by Thomas Smith, Peter ...
4 He who then forbade murder, does now forbid causeless anger.5 He that forbade adultery, does now forbid all unlawful lust. He that forbade stealing, now pronounces him most happy who supplies those that are in want out of his own ...
Clemens Romanus, 1870
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Ante-Nicene Christian Library: The Clementine homilies. The ...
He who then forbade murder, does now forbid causeless anger.5 He that forbade adultery, does now forbid all unlawful lust. He that forbade stealing, now pronounces him most happy who supplies those that are in want out of his own ...
Sir James Donaldson, 1870
8
Conjugaison des verbes anglais irreguliers
Present présent  I forbid  You forbid  He forbids  We forbid  You forbid  They forbid Preterite passé simple  I forbade  You forbade  He forbade  We forbade  You forbade  They forbade Future futur simple  I will forbid  You ...
pierre elemento
9
Mishcàt-Ul-Másàbih or collection of the most authentic ...
The Prophet forbade reading poetry in M4;buying or selling there; and forbade people 7 sitting in a circle iri Masjz'ds'before prayers on F ridays.” As'unun/murt ' A. c, 3, u When you see any one buying or selling in Masjids, say, “ may G01) ...
Muḥammad Ibn-ʻAbdallāh al- H̲aṭīb at-Tibrīzī, 1809
10
Al-Muwatta Of Iman Malik Ibn Ana
Sa'd asked him which was the better and when he told him the white wheat, he forbade the transaction. Sa'd said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, being asked about selling dried dates for fresh dates ...
Anas,, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORBADE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forbade is used in the context of the following news items.
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13 Reasons to Stop Executing People - The Daily Beast
For five centuries, Christians therefore believed that the first strict moral teaching of their master forbade killing.” “Legal murder” and “trying to ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
2
These guys protested the Confederate flag 20 years ago and all they …
When they complained to the principal, he forbade Green's shirt on penalty of suspension. She wore it anyway and was sure enough ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
3
Laina Farhat-Holzman: Human rights widen in West, vanish elsewhere
I watched with disbelief, knowing full well that the majority of signers had laws that forbade granting human rights to women, political opposition ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»
4
Upon this Island of Instances - The New Indian Express
Slouched grandmothers took pubescent girls away from temple rooms, forbade them from touching idols and tasting prasad, even sanitary ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
5
Anna Nagar resident takes biking to great heights - The Hindu
He says that he even rode up to Ooty in the middle of the night when his doctor forbade him from riding after he caught a cold. “I don't ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
6
Transgender Florida woman files lawsuit against hotel | www.wpxi.com
... no one would have noticed her identity change, but managers still referred to her as “he” and forbade her from using the women's restroom. «WPXI Pittsburgh, Jul 15»
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Fire captain accused of sick leave fraud - Cincinnati Enquirer
City Manager Douglas Adkins placed the 52-year-old on paid administrative leave June 30 and forbade Justice from visiting the city's fire ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
8
AT&T can punish employees for wearing 'prisoner' T-shirts to work, a …
AT&T didn't break the law when it forbade its technicians and other public-facing employees from wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the words ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
9
Watch Six Brothers Raised Captive in a NYC Apartment Take Their …
... Kimmy Schmidt, their paranoid father, Oscar, locked the boys, their mother, and their younger sister in and forbade them to leave. Some years ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
10
Business digest: Two companies want to buy Sikorsky; GM recalls …
AT&T did not break the law when it forbade its technicians and other public-facing employees from wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the words ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

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