prohibits
- 1Third-person singular simple present of prohibit.
Federal law prohibits the sale of these chemicals to minors.
The lease prohibits tenants from keeping large dogs.
Note
The singular present that laws, rules and authorities speak in: a statute prohibits, a policy prohibits. Plural subjects and modal verbs take the bare form instead (regulations prohibit, the board may prohibit). The verb is transitive, so something always follows: the thing forbidden. Its home is official language. What an authority prohibits it makes illegal or illicit, a firmer and more formal step than saying something is not allowed.
prohibits is a form of prohibit
prohibit, verb: To officially forbid an action or make it illegal, usually through a rule, law, or order. Full entry
- Forms
- prohibitprohibits he/she/itprohibiting -ing formprohibited past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- prohibit → prohibits: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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