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/fərˈbɪd/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | forbid |
| he/she/it | forbids |
| present participle | forbidding |
| past tense | forbid or forbad |
| past participle | forbidden |
- 1to state that something is not allowed, according to a rule, law, or custom
new regulations forbidding the sale of landmines
forbid someone to do something/from doing something:Army policy forbids soldiers in uniform from talking to reporters.
International law forbids outsiders to interfere in civil wars.
- a.to tell someone that they must not do something
You’re not going out tonight – I absolutely forbid it.
forbid someone to do something/from doing something:The situation is so dangerous that the relief agencies have forbidden their workers to go there.
Company directors were forbidden to comment on the crisis.
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God/Heaven forbid
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