prohibit en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/ (Canada, General-American)
- /pɹəˈhɪbət/ (Canada, General-American)
- /pɹəʊˈhɪbɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (California) audio
- /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“to fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).
Meanings
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(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
The Foreign Assistance Act bars assistance to any country that “prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance.”
2024 April 11, Jennifer Hansler, “USAID administrator says it is ‘credible’ to assess famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza”, in CNN:The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.
Like the previous rules, the new guidance doesn’t prohibit membership in an extremist organization, but officials said it makes it very difficult to participate. […] For years, the Defense Department relied on a nebulous definition of extremist activity that listed it among a wide array of prohibited behavior. […] “It’s threading a very fine needle when we’re engaging in prohibiting conduct that may be protected by the First Amendment,” said one official. “There’s always going to be this balancing that goes on.”
2021 December 20, Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, “Pentagon defines prohibited behavior in effort to tackle extremism”, in CNN:Crossing the border without permission is prohibited.
I was prohibited to come.
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prohibited | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| prohibited | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| prohibits | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| prohibiting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
admit · permit · sanction · approve · let · allow · permit · allow · warrant · tolerate · authorize · authorize · ratify · suffer · consent
Deriveds
prohibitin · prohibitable · prohibitory · reprohibit · prohibiter
Hyponyms
Relateds
prohibition · interdict · hinder · prevent · debar · prohibitive
Synonyms
proscribe · taboo · bar · outlaw · banish · ban · disallow · forspeak · interdict · estop · debar · forbid · enjoin · foresnaffle · veto · prohibit · criminalize · forbid · veto · ban · disallow · forfend · proscribe
Translations (70)
uk заборони́ти (to proscribe officially) · nb forby (to proscribe officially) · fi kieltää (to proscribe officially) · mi whakamanakore (to proscribe officially) · gl privar (to proscribe officially) · de verbieten (to proscribe officially) · ko 금하다 (to proscribe officially) · it vietare (to proscribe officially) · ru запреща́ть (to proscribe officially) · pl zakazać (to proscribe officially) · cs zakazovat (to proscribe officially) · cmn 禁止 (to proscribe officially) · gl prohibir (to proscribe officially) · la vetō (to proscribe officially) · gl devedar (to proscribe officially) · tet bandu (to proscribe officially) · nn forbyde (to proscribe officially) · ddg pacu (to proscribe officially) · ms mengharamkan (to proscribe officially) · it proibire (to proscribe officially) · ml നിരോധിക്കുക (to proscribe officially) · hu tilt (to proscribe officially) · ga coisc (to proscribe officially) · gl banir (to proscribe officially) · ml വിലക്കുക (to proscribe officially) · hu megtilt (to proscribe officially) · fr interdire (to proscribe officially) · cs zakázat (to proscribe officially) · it impedire (to proscribe officially) · ja 禁じる (to proscribe officially) · th ห้าม (to proscribe officially) · cmn 阻止 (to proscribe officially) · mkz bandu (to proscribe officially) · fr prohiber (to proscribe officially) · gl entredicir (to proscribe officially) · ru запрети́ть (to proscribe officially) · sh забра́нити (to proscribe officially) · la interdīcō (to proscribe officially) · ang forbēodan (to proscribe officially) · be забараня́ць (to proscribe officially) · es prohibir (to proscribe officially) · kw difen (to proscribe officially) · gl enfensar (to proscribe officially) · sh zabrániti (to proscribe officially) · ro interzice (to proscribe officially) · lv aizliegt (to proscribe officially) · mi rāhui (to proscribe officially) · sv förbjuda (to proscribe officially) · uk забороня́ти (to proscribe officially) · la prohibeō (to proscribe officially) · be забарані́ць (to proscribe officially) · it ostacolare (to proscribe officially) · ga urghair (to proscribe officially) · qu amatay (to proscribe officially) · gl coutar (to proscribe officially) · eo malpermesi (to proscribe officially) · id melarang (to proscribe officially) · pt proibir (to proscribe officially) · nn forby (to proscribe officially) · gl toller (to proscribe officially) · el απαγορεύω (to proscribe officially) · ar مَنَعَ (to proscribe officially) · ca prohibir (to proscribe officially) · pl zakazywać (to proscribe officially) · sh zabranjívati (to proscribe officially) · nl verbieden (to proscribe officially) · sh забрањи́вати (to proscribe officially) · bg забранявам (to proscribe officially) · ja 禁止する (to proscribe officially) · lb verbidden (to proscribe officially)