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We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty.
Angelina Grimke

Meaning of "forbid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FORBID

Old English forbēodan; related to Old High German farbiotan, Gothic faurbiudan.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FORBID

forbid  [fəˈbɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORBID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forbid 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 forbid in English.

WHAT DOES FORBID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of forbid in the English dictionary

The first definition of forbid in the dictionary is to prohibit in a forceful or authoritative manner. Other definition of forbid is to make impossible; hinder. Forbid is also to shut out or exclude.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORBID

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 forbid
you would forbid
he/she/it would forbid
we would forbid
you would forbid
they would forbid
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 forbid
you would have forbid
he/she/it would have forbid
we would have forbid
you would have forbid
they would have forbid
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 FORBID


bid
bɪd
biddy-bid
ˈbɪdɪˌbɪd
carabid
ˈkærəbɪd
cebid
ˈsiːbɪd
comorbid
kəʊˈmɔːbɪd
counterbid
ˈkaʊntəˌbɪd
crabbed
ˈkræbɪd
Irbid
ˈɪrbɪd
morbid
ˈmɔːbɪd
outbid
ˌaʊtˈbɪd
overbid
ˌəʊvəˈbɪd
prebid
priːˈbɪd
rabid
ˈræbɪd
re-bid
riːˈbɪd
tabid
ˈtæbɪd
turbid
ˈtɜːbɪd
underbid
ˌʌndəˈbɪd
unforbid
ˌʌnfəˈbɪd
unturbid
ʌnˈtɜːbɪd
verbid
ˈvɜːbɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORBID

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORBID

acid
aid
android
avoid
blind bid
cue bid
David
did
forcing bid
grid
hostile bid
hostile takeover bid
id
jump bid
kid
liquid
Madrid
shut-out bid
suicide bid
takeover bid

Synonyms and antonyms of forbid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORBID»

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

Translation of «forbid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORBID

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

Translator English - Chinese

禁止
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prohibir
570 millions of speakers

English

forbid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ना करे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يُحَرِّمُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запрещать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proibir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষেধ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

interdire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melarang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verbieten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

禁じる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

금하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngapura
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cấm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मना करू नका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yasaklamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vietare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zakazać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

забороняти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a interzice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαγορεύω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbied
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förbjuda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forby
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forbid

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORBID»

The term «forbid» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.477 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORBID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forbid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forbid» 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 forbid

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10 QUOTES WITH «FORBID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word forbid.
1
James Caan
Actors have bodyguards and entourages not because anybody wants to hurt them - who would want to hurt an actor? - but because they want to get recognized. God forbid someone doesn't recognize them.
2
Henry Cavill
This character matters so much to so many people. I want to get that right. I want to do it justice. I want people to believe in the character and have faith in the character and kids to grow up wanting to be Superman. Or, God forbid, there's people who are going through hardship and wishing that this character would turn up and save them.
3
Geoffrey Chaucer
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
4
Jefferson Davis
God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.
5
John Denham
Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.
6
Ani DiFranco
God forbid you be an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.
7
Abel Ferrara
It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
8
Megan Follows
That whole thing: the paparazzi, a gazillion magazines. You can't lie on a beach. God forbid your bikini rides up too far or you've eaten too many doughnuts and they catch you wiping your mouth. That must be exhausting, that lack of privacy.
9
Angelina Grimke
We are commanded to love God with all our minds, as well as with all our hearts, and we commit a great sin if we forbid or prevent that cultivation of the mind in others which would enable them to perform this duty.
10
Robert Grosseteste
And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORBID»

Discover the use of forbid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forbid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Forbid Them Not Year A: Involving Children in Sunday Worship
A three-volume series based on the Revised Common Lectionary, Forbid Them Not offers specific suggestions for prayers, hymns, litanies, sermon illustrations, and ways to present Scripture so that children--as well as older worshipers--can ...
Carolyn C. Brown, 2010
2
Heaven Forbid
A Hallelujah Love Novel Still reeling from their pastor's sex scandal, the members of Gospel Truth Church need someone who can restore order.
Lutishia Lovely, 2013
3
Heaven Forbid: An International Legal Analysis of Religious ...
Heaven Forbid provides a detailed examination of the relationship between religious issues and the law and will be an important read for all those concerned with equality.
Dr Anne-Marie Mooney-Cotter, 2013
4
Forbid Them Not: A Novel
In a courtroom suspense novel with ties to today's issues, the U.S. Senate ratifies the United National Right of the Child, challenging parental rights to make decisions concerning raising their offspring and resulting in a heated battle in ...
Michael Farris, 2002
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Forbid Them Not Year C: Involving Children in Sunday Worship
Comprising 52 reproducible full page worksheets related to each Sunday's worship theme and based on the Revised Common Lectionary, these resources show how to create meaningful worship experiences for children.
Carolyn C. Brown, 2010
6
Koran: Forbid Or Rewrite? A Guide for Peaceful De-Islamicization
Dewanand says he wrote this book to make sacrifices to Altecrea and to show concern for all living creatures. Discover for yourself if he has reached his goal, when you read Koran: Forbid or Rewrite?
Dewanand, 2011
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God Forbid : Religion and Sex in American Public Life: ...
As a result, religion in America is misrepresented as anxiously and obsessively concerned with sex, and as uniformly supporting the conservative agenda of "family values." This volume corrects that distortion in American public discourse.
Boston Kathleen M. Sands Associate Professor of Religious Studies University of Massachusetts, 2000
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The Forbid/allow Asymmetry: On the Cognitive Mechanisms ...
The well-defined meaning hypothesis Allow questions are less reliable measures of an underlying attitude than forbid questions, due to less well-defined meanings of 'yes allow' and 'not allow' (compared to 'yes forbid' and 'not forbid').
Bregje Holleman, 2000
9
I Forbid the Banns! the Story of a Comedy Which Was Played ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series.
Frank Frankfort Moore, 2010
10
Daughter! I Forbid Your Recurring Dream!
Fiction. "Frieda, the narrator and eponymous "daughter," opens the novel, speaking as a fetus from an Edenic state of unbounded freedom and perception in which she can "create anything"...philosophical brilliance and surreal humor in ...
James Chapman, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORBID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forbid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Charlotte Hornets sign Orlando Summer League invitee Aaron …
And if, heaven forbid, one of the Hornets' many guards suffers an injury this season, Harrison might carve out a nice role. It will be interesting to ... «At The Hive, Jul 15»
2
Tiny Homes Keep Seniors Close To Family, Away From Assisted …
“The Lord forbid if something were to ever happen, I would want my grandma near my family when she needs us most,” John said. John and ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
3
Revolution in learning happening through 'high-tech play'
The potential for ideas to emerge in group learning is missed because we forbid the very kind of social interaction in schools that leads to the ... «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»
4
Old bombs unearthed in Mountain View - Mountain View Voice
God forbid it goes off." The county bomb squad transported the artillery shell to a vacant parking lot off Shoreline Boulevard, where it was ... «Mountain View Voice, Jul 15»
5
Pacioretty Injury Can Be Good for Montreal Canadiens The Hockey …
It's that there is no clear succession plan for his spot, should he—God forbid—ever get injured more seriously. Galchenyuk's a natural center ... «The Hockey Writers, Jul 15»
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Amid shock, readers also find reality in bigoted Atticus Finch …
... thereon it will get out all over Monroeville that I am a member of the NAACP, which, God forbid. They already suspect this to be a fact anyway. «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
I Guess We'll Always Have Ufa - NDTV.com
What about if, God forbid, there is a big terror strike somewhere in the country? What happens the next time Lakhvi and his ilk make anti-India ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
8
Letter: Nevada cities must shrink to survive - Reno Gazette-Journal
We need to forbid new residential influx and prohibit further industrial growth immediately. Otherwise, we face severe rationing and the ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jul 15»
9
Wildfire 'beast' turned Montreal Lake Cree Nation homes into twisted …
Bird said Saskatchewan's decision to forbid night firefighting was made by a bureaucracy with no idea about front line battles. “I believe it was ... «APTN National News, Jul 15»
10
Kenyans Vow To Throw Rotten Eggs At Obama If He Discusses Gay …
We previously reported that Kenyan leaders were trying to forbid Obama from speaking about gay marriage during his upcoming visit, but now ... «NewNowNext, Jul 15»

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