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Meaning of "inhibit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INHIBIT

From Latin inhibēre to restrain, from in-² + habēre to have.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INHIBIT

inhibit  [ɪnˈhɪbɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INHIBIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inhibit 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 inhibit in English.

WHAT DOES INHIBIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Inhibitor

Inhibitor or inhibition may refer to: In psychology and neurology ▪ Cognitive inhibition, the mind's ability to tune out irrelevant stimuli ▪ Reuptake inhibitor, a substance that increases neurotransmission by blocking the reuptake of a neurotransmitter ▪ Inhibition of return, a feature of attention ▪ Inhibition theory, a theory pertaining to the performance of a mental task ▪ Latent inhibition, a term used in classical conditioning ▪ Lateral inhibition, a neural mechanism that increases contrast between active and inactive neurons ▪ Memory inhibition, processes that suppress or interfere with specific memories ▪ Sexual inhibition, reservations relating to sexual practices ▪ Social inhibition, a conditioned fear reaction to social marginalization or isolation ▪ Inhibitory postsynaptic potential, a synaptic potential that decreases the firing of a neuron In chemistry ▪ Corrosion inhibitor, a substance that decreases the rate of...

Definition of inhibit in the English dictionary

The first definition of inhibit in the dictionary is to restrain or hinder. Other definition of inhibit is to prohibit; forbid. Inhibit is also to stop, prevent, or decrease the rate of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO INHIBIT

PRESENT

Present
I inhibit
you inhibit
he/she/it inhibits
we inhibit
you inhibit
they inhibit
Present continuous
I am inhibiting
you are inhibiting
he/she/it is inhibiting
we are inhibiting
you are inhibiting
they are inhibiting
Present perfect
I have inhibited
you have inhibited
he/she/it has inhibited
we have inhibited
you have inhibited
they have inhibited
Present perfect continuous
I have been inhibiting
you have been inhibiting
he/she/it has been inhibiting
we have been inhibiting
you have been inhibiting
they have been inhibiting
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 inhibited
you inhibited
he/she/it inhibited
we inhibited
you inhibited
they inhibited
Past continuous
I was inhibiting
you were inhibiting
he/she/it was inhibiting
we were inhibiting
you were inhibiting
they were inhibiting
Past perfect
I had inhibited
you had inhibited
he/she/it had inhibited
we had inhibited
you had inhibited
they had inhibited
Past perfect continuous
I had been inhibiting
you had been inhibiting
he/she/it had been inhibiting
we had been inhibiting
you had been inhibiting
they had been inhibiting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you inhibit
we let´s inhibit
you inhibit
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to inhibit
Past participle
inhibited
Present Participle
inhibiting
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 INHIBIT


adhibit
ədˈhɪbɪt
celibate
ˈsɛlɪbɪt
cohibit
kəʊˈhɪbɪt
disinhibit
ˌdɪsɪnˈhɪbɪt
exhibit
ɪɡˈzɪbɪt
flibbertigibbet
ˈflɪbətɪˌdʒɪbɪt
gibbet
ˈdʒɪbɪt
prohibit
prəˈhɪbɪt
reexhibit
ˌriːɪɡˈzɪbɪt
traybit
ˈtreɪbɪt
zibet
ˈzɪbɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INHIBIT

inheritableness
inheritably
inheritance
inheritance tax
inherited
inheritor
inheritress
inheritrix
inhesion
inhibin
inhibitable
inhibited
inhibiter
inhibiting
inhibition
inhibitive
inhibitor
inhibitory
inholder
inholding

WORDS THAT END LIKE INHIBIT

a bit
ambit
debit
direct debit
every bit
gambit
gigabit
habit
hobbit
inhabit
megabit
not a bit
obit
orbit
qubit
rabbit
tidbit
titbit
wait-a-bit
white rabbit

Synonyms and antonyms of inhibit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INHIBIT»

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

Translation of «inhibit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INHIBIT

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

Translator English - Chinese

阻碍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inhibir
570 millions of speakers

English

inhibit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाधित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تمنع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ингибируют
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inibir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দমন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inhiber
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghalang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hemmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

妨げる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제지하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyegah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ức chế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தடுக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मना करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

engellemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inibire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hamować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ингибируют
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inhiba
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναστέλλουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inhibeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inhiberar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hemme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inhibit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INHIBIT»

The term «inhibit» is very widely used and occupies the 19.924 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INHIBIT» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «INHIBIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inhibit.
1
Tony Buzan
Memory and creativity are essential to education, but if you teach memory incorrectly, it is a total waste of time, and it will inhibit learning.
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Adrian Cronauer
Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.
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Heather Doerksen
I used to write on my resume that I was shorter than I was because I thought it would inhibit my roles, and as soon as I embraced that I am a tall female, I started getting really fantastic roles and really didn't even worry about wearing heels.
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Luke Evans
For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.
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John Fowles
Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.
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Lara Giddings
At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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Daniel Goleman
Mindful meditation has been discovered to foster the ability to inhibit those very quick emotional impulses.
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Adam Hamilton
In America our public schools are intended to be religiously neutral. Our teachers and schools are neither to endorse nor to inhibit religion. I believe this is a very good thing.
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Adam Hamilton
The religious neutrality in our schools is, I would argue, one of our strengths. Teachers cannot inhibit or deride religion. But this does not mean that we've taken God out of public schools. I'm reminded of the book of Esther in the Bible. God is not explicitly mentioned in the book, but that did not mean that God was not at work in the story.
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Michael McCaul
In order to have greater visibility of the larger cyber threat landscape, we must remove the government bureaucratic stovepipes that inhibit our abilities to effectively defend America while ensuring citizens' privacy and civil liberties are also protected.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INHIBIT»

Discover the use of inhibit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inhibit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Enabling Women to Breastfeed: A Review of Practices Which ...
This literature review of 121 research studies aims to promote best practice in breastfeeding.
Mary J. Renfrew, Mike W. Woolridge, Helen Ross MacGill, 2000
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Terrorism and Development: Using Social and Economic ...
This report examines the social and economic development policies enacted by three countries-Israel, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom-to inhibit a resurgence of terrorism within their jurisdictions.
Kim Cragin, Peter Chalk, 2003
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Addressing Marketing and Processing Constraints that Inhibit ...
A Guide for Policy Analysts and Planners Michael John Westlake. throughput, profits begin to fall as increases in variable costs outweigh the combined benefits from the spreading of fixed costs and greater sales. In practice, entrepreneurs may ...
Michael John Westlake, 2005
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A Family of Tick (Ixodes Scapularis) Salivary Proteins that ...
Ixodes ricinus and I. scapularis secrete salivary proteins that inhibit the alternative complement pathway, preventing the production of anaphylatoxins ( Table 1.2) (20, 116, 124, 143, 146). O. moubata also produces a complement inhibitor that ...
Katharine Rose Tyson, 2008
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Analysis of existing national policies and legislation that ...
ANALYSIS. OF. EXISTING. POLICIES. THAT. ENABLE. OR. INHIBIT. THE. WIDER. USE. OF. UNDERUTILIZED. PLANT. SPECIES. IN. GHANA. 1) Plant Genetic Resources Research Institute, of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ...
Lawrence Misa Aboagye, Nelson Obirih-Opareh, Lucy Amissah and Hans Adu-Dapaah (eds)
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A Study to Determine Factors that Inhibit Compliance with ...
Valecia Gail Carter. ABSTRACT A STUDY TO DETERMINE FACTORS THAT INHIBIT COMPLIANCE WITH ENGAGING IN RECOMMENDED PAPANICOAOU SMEAR SCREENlNGS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN by Valecia Gail Carter  ...
Valecia Gail Carter, 2008
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Analysis of existing national policies and legislation that ...
Objectives of the Study This study aims at analyzing existing policies that enable or inhibit the conservation and broader use of underutilized PGRFA in Nepal and at identifying appropriate support policies and legislative needs.
Nguyen Van Dinh (ed)
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Multiple Approaches to Inhibit Restenosis After Percutaneous ...
CHAPTER FIVE 59 Batimastat (BB94) anti-Restenosis trial. utiLizIng the ttiinlivYsio locAl drug delivery PC-steNT (BRILLIANT-EU-trial) - an anti-migration approach to inhibit restenosis 59 5.1. Introduction 60 5.2. Material and methods 60 5.2.1.
Xiaoshun Liu, 2004
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Analysis of existing national policies that enable or ...
Nguyen Van Dinh (Hanoi Agricultural University Vietnam). Global FacilitationUnit for Underutilized Species UNDERUTILIZED SPECIES POLICIES AND STRATEGIES Analysis of existing national policies that enable or inhibit the wider use of ...
Nguyen Van Dinh (Hanoi Agricultural University Vietnam)
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Analysis of existing national policies and legislation that ...
Therefore this study will review the national polices and legislation that enable or inhibit the wider use of underutilized plant species for food and agriculture in Jordan. To broaden the species portfolio we need to have a better understanding of ...
Dr. Mousa Al-Fayad (NCARTT) and Dr. Mohammed Ajlouni (JUST) (eds.)

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INHIBIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inhibit is used in the context of the following news items.
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Police ask golf-course workers to stop shooting geese | WTKR.com
“Typically we spend thousands of dollars each year to inhibit, deter and remove geese from the property as well as repair damages caused by ... «wtkr.com, Jul 15»
2
Study Questions Impact of Audit Firm Rotation on Auditor Skepticism …
... role of auditors, the study concludes that mandatory audit firm rotation could inhibit professional skepticism rather than encourage skepticism. «Accounting Today, Jul 15»
3
Government warned over foreign workers cap (From The Northern …
... about, but while we have challenges to productivity and education and skills, let's not let migration controls inhibit economic growth. “I am in ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
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A Surefire Way To Get Rid Of Stinky Feet Fast - Huffington Post
... a chemical found in underarm antiperspirant spray and some over-the counter preparations that are specifically marketed to inhibit excessive ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Top Senate foreign policy Democrat and Republican urge Obama to …
... council that would endorse the deal. Such an endorsement would be legally binding and could inhibit any bid by Congress to reject the deal. «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Jul 15»
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Federal Way Council passes condemnation ordinance for Pacific …
... potential for additional traffic accidents and inhibit economic development with the city and the Commercial Enterprise Zone,” the ordinance, ... «Federal Way Mirror, Jul 15»
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Midland County may sell bottomlands to Sanford Lake Preservation …
Irregular property lines had prompted Sanford Lake property owners to request assurances that Midland County would not inhibit their use of ... «Midland Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Study in mice may identify new ways to treat immune …
While much of this study's research was conducted in mice, researchers used some human blood samples to test whether Tamiflu might inhibit ... «Medical Xpress, Jul 15»
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The Han Solo movie proves that prequels are the worst - The Week
By nature, prequels inhibit forward momentum. They chart territory already implied, if not explicitly explored, by the original installment instead ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
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Gov. Umali reiterates call for Sandiganbayan justice to inhibit from …
“With the filing of said administrative complaint, it becomes more imperative from the Honorable Presiding Justiceto inhibit from further ... «GMA News, Jul 15»

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