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If I could live in New York the rest of my life, I absolutely would, but it's also prohibitively expensive and you have to be working. New York is a lot nicer when you have a job.
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Meaning of "prohibitively" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROHIBITIVELY

prohibitively  [prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪvlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROHIBITIVELY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prohibitively is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PROHIBITIVELY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prohibitively in the English dictionary

The definition of prohibitively in the dictionary is in such a way as to prohibit or tend to prohibit, forbid, or prevent. Other definition of prohibitively is in such a way as to be tending or designed to discourage sale or purchase.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROHIBITIVELY


additively
ˈædɪtɪvlɪ
capacitively
kəˈpæsɪtɪvlɪ
cognitively
ˈkɒɡnɪtɪvlɪ
competitively
kəmˈpetɪtɪvlɪ
creatively
krɪˈeɪtɪvlɪ
definitively
dɪˈfɪnɪtɪvlɪ
exhibitively
ɪɡˈzɪbɪtɪvlɪ
inquisitively
ɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪvlɪ
insensitively
ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪvlɪ
intransitively
ɪnˈtrænsɪtɪvlɪ
intuitively
ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪvlɪ
multiplicatively
ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪtɪvlɪ
natively
ˈneɪtɪvlɪ
oxidatively
ˈɒksɪˌdeɪtɪvlɪ
positively
ˈpɒzɪtɪvlɪ
primitively
ˈprɪmɪtɪvlɪ
repetitively
rɪˈpɛtɪtɪvlɪ
secretively
ˈsiːkrɪtɪvlɪ
sensitively
ˈsensɪtɪvlɪ
transitively
ˈtrænzɪtɪvlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROHIBITIVELY

progymnasia
progymnasium
prohibit
prohibited substance
prohibiter
prohibition
prohibitionary
prohibitionism
prohibitionist
prohibitive
prohibitiveness
prohibitor
prohibitory
proin
proinsulin
project
project leader
project management
project manager
projectable

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROHIBITIVELY

actively
aggressively
alternatively
collectively
comparatively
cumulatively
effectively
excessively
exclusively
extensively
inductively
lively
lovely
massively
negatively
objectively
progressively
quantitatively
relatively
respectively
selectively

Synonyms and antonyms of prohibitively in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prohibitively» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROHIBITIVELY

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

Translator English - Chinese

登天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prohibitivamente
570 millions of speakers

English

prohibitively
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेहद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

باهظة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непомерно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proibitivamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষেধাজ্ঞামূলকভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prohibitif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melarang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prohibitiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

法外に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엄청나게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prohibitively
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tốn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சோர்வில்லாமல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिबंधक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

engelleyici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proibitivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewspółmiernie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непомірно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prohibitiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απαγορευτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbetaalbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oöverkomligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uoverkommelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prohibitively

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROHIBITIVELY»

The term «prohibitively» is regularly used and occupies the 70.692 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROHIBITIVELY» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «PROHIBITIVELY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word prohibitively.
1
Samantha Bee
If I could live in New York the rest of my life, I absolutely would, but it's also prohibitively expensive and you have to be working. New York is a lot nicer when you have a job.
2
Andy Goldsworthy
I soon realised that what had happened on a small scale cannot necessarily be repeated on a larger scale. The stones were so big that the amount of heat required was prohibitively expensive and wasteful.
3
Tom Hooper
The thing that fascinates me is that the way I came to film and television is extinct. Then there were gatekeepers, it was prohibitively expensive to make a film, to be a director you had to be an entrepreneur to raise money.
4
Kyle MacLachlan
I've always enjoyed drinking wine, ever since I was in college. My appreciation really took off when I began to visit Napa. I was toying with an idea of making wine in Napa, but it's prohibitively expensive, and the competition is fierce.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROHIBITIVELY»

Discover the use of prohibitively in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prohibitively and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Environmental Law: Text, Cases & Materials
The panel, having now heard counsel, is grateful for their assistance on these issues of principle. [...] (2) if it was, whetherthe test indicated by the phrase ' prohibitively expensive' should be focused exclusively on the actual circumstances of the ...
Elizabeth Fisher, Bettina Lange, Eloise Scotford, 2013
2
Environmental Law
In doing so, he indicated that he found that for many people with an interest in a limited company, an outlay of £3,000 would not be prohibitively expen- sive in relation to litigation which was of importance to them. This seems to be partly in line ...
Stuart Bell, Donald McGillivray, Ole Pedersen, 2013
3
Microeconomics, Concise Edition
Excludability A good is excludable if it is possible, or not prohibitively costly, to exclude someone from receiving the benefits of the good after it has been produced. Nonexcludability A good is nonexcludable if it is impossible, or prohibitively ...
Roger A. Arnold, 2005
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Microeconomics
A public good is nonexcludable if it is impossible, or prohibitively costly, to exclude someone from obtaining the benefits of the good after it has been produced. National defense is a public good in that it is nonrivalrous in consumption.
Roger A. Arnold, 2013
5
Financial Cryptography and Data Security: 14th International ...
In the context of a unidirectional channel in which a detector (sink) acquires information by sampling some physical aspect of an emitter (source), we need: weak unclonability: it must be prohibitively difficult to produce a copy of a given ...
Radu Sion, 2010
6
Taking Stock of Environmental Assessment: Law, Policy and ...
The procedure must be 'fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive'. The express reference to the cost factor here is noteworthy in light of ongoing concerns about the deterrent effect of costs at national level.40 It is difficult to ...
Jane Holder, Donald McGillivray, 2007
7
Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and ...
defeater, is an unguided evolutionary path which is not prohibitively improbable. Have Darwinians actually accomplished this? Have they shown, for example, that it is not prohibitively improbable that the mammalian eye has developed in this ...
Alvin Plantinga, 2011
8
As Free and as Just as Possible: The Theory of Marxian ...
First, in the standard cases we take force to limit people's options by making all their alternatives but one either unacceptable or prohibitively costly (as in “your money or your life”). With structural coercion, people's options are limited by their  ...
Jeffrey Reiman, 2012
9
Economics
A public good is nonexcludable if it is impossible, or prohibitively costly, to exclude someone from obtaining the benefits of the good after it has been produced. National defense is a public good in that it is nonrivalrous in consumption.
Roger A. Arnold, 2013
10
CIO
Providing. good. documentation. for. proprietary. applications. can. chop. support. costs. and. increase. productivity. —. and. it. need. not. be. prohibitively. expensive. BY BOB MORSE ost CIOs recognize the value of good software user  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROHIBITIVELY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prohibitively is used in the context of the following news items.
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Uncle Sam wants YOU to read 'popular' scholarly books
She noted that many universities have cut back the number of sabbaticals they can offer, which makes taking time off for research prohibitively ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Everything you need to know about Japanese knotweed
... "no plans to attempt a national eradication" of Japanese Knotweed, because of the "prohibitively expensive" £1.5 billion cost that is attached. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Flying Into the Volcano: Technology Could Herald New Filmmaking …
What would until recently have been prohibitively expensive and far too dangerous to accomplish was made possible by cutting edge gadgets: ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
4
Fastjet's first flight to Lilongwe takes off: Africa's low-cost airline
“Until now, it has been prohibitively expensive to fly between Lilongwe and Dar es Salaam,” Kibati said. “We believe that affordable fares on a ... «Nyasa Times, Jul 15»
5
Marijuana dispensary considers lawsuit over delayed opening
People in the marijuana industry say that limit would make marijuana prohibitively expensive to test and would make it impossible for shops to ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
6
Perspective for many state health insurance marketplaces unsure on …
Shumlin backed down because it could have intended prohibitively high taxes. He really wants to correct their state exchange, however grappling with ... «Observer News, Jul 15»
7
Moving Forward on North Korean Human Rights
... technical cooperation, as the international community has a record of indiscriminately prescribing it in prohibitively challenging settings. «38 North, Jul 15»
8
Google Adds EU Cookie Consent; InMobi Partners With Device …
Google also set new guidelines for app install ads, saying an interstitial format is prohibitively annoying to users. Whether it's indexing in-app ... «AdExchanger, Jul 15»
9
A National Education Service is a terrible idea
... thinking the Corbyn campaign represents: a huge power grab by the state that will either be prohibitively expensive and destroy incentives for ... «Conservative Home, Jul 15»
10
Now is the time to act
However, many of these treatments are prohibitively expensive for a country like Bangladesh. Drugs, being developed by public-private ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»

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