forbidden
fur-BID-n/fɚˈbɪdn̩/fuh-BID-n/fəˈbɪdn̩/
- 1Not allowed, because a rule or someone in charge says you cannot do it.
Like a door with a sign that says you cannot go through.
Smoking is forbidden inside the building.
The children wandered into the forbidden room at the back of the house.
Similarprohibited, proscribed, verboten
Oppositeallowed, permitted, authorized
Note
- 2Past participle of forbid. Use this form after a helping word like have, has, or had.
The teacher has forbidden phones during the test.
Her parents had forbidden any visitors after dark.
Note
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forbidden is a form of forbid
forbid, verb: To tell someone that they are not allowed to do something. Full entry
- Forms
- forbidforbids he/she/itforbidding -ing formforbade past tenseforbidden past participle
- Spelling
- forbid → forbidden: irregular (no -ed)
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Origin
This is the past participle of the verb "forbid." It is related to German "verboten" and Dutch "verboden."