1 ~ sb (from doing sth) to order sb not to do sth; to order that sth must not be done:
[VN] He forbade them from mentioning the subject again. * Her father forbade the marriage. * [VNtoinf] You are all forbidden to leave. * [VNN] My doctor has forbidden me sugar. [also VN-ing, V-ing]
2 (formal) to make it difficult or impossible to do sth:
[VN] Lack of space forbids further treatment of the topic here. [also VNtoinf]
IDIOMS
God / Heaven forbid (that...) (spoken) used to say that you hope that sth will not happen:
'Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me.' 'God forbid!'
HELPNOTE Some people find this use offensive.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for forbid is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does forbid appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — forbid appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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