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verb (used with object), -bade or -bad or -bid, -bid·den or -bid, -bid·ding.

to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.

to prohibit (something); make a rule or law against: to forbid the use of lipstick; to forbid smoking.

to hinder or prevent; make impossible.

to exclude; bar: Burlesque is forbidden in many cities.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English forbeden, Old English forbēodan. See for-, bid¹

Related forms

for·bid·der, noun

Can be confused: forbade, forbid, forbidden, forebode (see synonym note at the current entry).

Synonyms
1, 2. interdict. Forbid, inhibit, prohibit, taboo indicate a command to refrain from some action. Forbid, a common and familiar word, usually denotes a direct or personal command of this sort: I forbid you to go. It was useless to forbid children to play in the park. Inhibit implies a checking or hindering of impulses by the mind, sometimes involuntarily: to inhibit one's desires; His responsiveness was inhibited by extreme shyness. Prohibit, a formal or legal word, means usually to forbid by official edict, enactment, or the like: to prohibit the sale of liquor. Taboo, primarily associated with primitive superstition, means to prohibit by common disapproval and by social custom: to taboo a subject in polite conversation. 3. preclude, stop, obviate, deter.

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Example Sentences

State and federal law forbid execution when illness prevents the inmate from understanding his sentence.

Heaven forbid there be any expectation that students pursue actual disciplinary content.

They are kept behind solid metal doors that forbid any conversation.

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State and federal law forbid execution when illness prevents the inmate from understanding his sentence.

Heaven forbid there be any expectation that students pursue actual disciplinary content.

They are kept behind solid metal doors that forbid any conversation.

Because pandas are highly endangered, international treaties forbid their trade for commercial purposes.

Industry marketing concerns forbid such full disclosure.

God forbid you leave your cooking tools in a communal kitchen.

Oh, and stars forbid that they actually run out of our favorite brand of whiskey.

Drivers often ignore regulations that forbid blocking the lanes.

Because a controlling family member or friend has forbid you from finishing the program.

The rules of the single currency expressly forbid any bail-out of one country by the centre or by other countries.

Australian laws forbid the export of threatened or endangered native species.

God forbid that corporations have a sense of humor.

Heaven forbid you should have to make a big decision amid such turbulence.

All jurisdictions except one forbid lawyers from sharing legal fees with non-lawyers.

Not too sweet, and god forbid not that globby custard stuff.

Heaven forbid that you might want to compare yourself with other rich and free countries.

While this system doesn't forbid the use of pesticide sprays and.

God forbid that the best cure be put in place if it takes donations away from re-election campaigns.

Prosper's rules forbid lenders from independently pressuring borrowers who are not paying.

But the law seems to forbid lawyers from suggesting or even discussing such things.

But heaven forbid some young ingrate exercises their right to protest against their government's actions.

And one way to alienate the young is to forbid them to wear something:.

Or heaven forbid the invasion of the canadian polar bears looking for new prey items.

God forbid man ever manages to colonize other planets.

God forbid someone should rush into the terminal with explosives strapped to his chest.

His plan would forbid human cloning and human embryo research related to cloning.

God forbid one of these unfortunate white souls actually overcomes their deplorable social status to rise into educated ranks.

He might have to violate some of his principles, heaven forbid.

However, the rules forbid funding research on stem cells used from embryos created only for research purposes.

Unlike the wireless proposal, the pact's wireline vision would forbid internet fast lanes or the throttling of any legal services.

God forbid the violence that would result as long as such law were in place.

Rules forbid buying or selling anything, with two exceptions: coffee and ice.

God forbid a company not jump on every hot bandwagon technology that comes out and focuses on its core competencies.

The officials go by this way, therefore forbid new and not known.

God forbid our professional deceivers should have to feel paranoid and untrusting.

While roughly half of all states forbid this practice, the rest do not.

God forbid a man introduce things to a school that he has experienced elsewhere at a similar minded school.

Chinese government needs no law to forbid some legitimate economic activity.

Stop and forbid meat eating is more effective than all technologies combined.

In practical terms, this has already been done by laws that forbid the development of research embryos beyond a set age.

To forbid it along with all forms of artificial birth control c.

Heaven forbid they have to step outside their dorms, walk across campus, and speak with their instructors in person4.

Another option would be to let a user explicitly forbid firms to extract recommendations from his online habits.

Heaven forbid that anything should be able to exceed the sacred lightspeed barrier.

And the government can also decide to forbid the tests.

It is a whole grain, and so it is perfect for all the current diets that forbid white carbohydrates like.

And god forbid you say anything in support of unions.

God forbid he or anyone involved with government is actually trying their best to make sense of the world and to help.

God forbid providing something useful and making a profit.

There will probably be calls to regulate this technology and forbid women of a certain age to receive in vitro fertilization.

Federal agents can now also forbid colleges to tell people that they are being investigated.

God forbid anyone in the audience actually pay a price for progress, even if it helps their health.

If a male dog tries to mount your leg, you'll forbid him to do so all of the time.

God forbid that this lot ever take over the government.

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God forbid if it involves a privacy or cybercrime issue.

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World English Dictionary

forbid (fəˈbɪd)

—vb , -bids, -bidding, -bade, -bad, -bidden, -bid
1.	to prohibit (a person) in a forceful or authoritative manner (from doing something or having something)
2.	to make impossible; hinder
3.	to shut out or exclude
4.	God forbid! may it not happen

[Old English forbēodan; related to Old High German farbiotan, Gothic faurbiudan; see for-, bid]

for'biddance

—n

for'bidder

—n

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Word Origin & History

forbid

O.E. forbeodan, from for- "against" + beodan "to command" (see bid). Common Gmc. compound (cf. Du. verbieden, O.H.G. farbiotan, Ger. verbieten, Goth. faurbiudan). Related: Forbade; forbidden. Forbidding "uninviting" first recorded 1712.

American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

forbid

see god forbid.

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