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The meaning of FORBIDDEN is not permitted or allowed. How to use forbidden in a sentence.
B1. not allowed, especially by law: Smoking is forbidden in the cinema. Fewer examples. The use of cameras in this museum is strictly forbidden. The sale of alcohol is forbidden here. The athletes are forbidden from using proscribed drugs. Marriage between close relatives is forbidden in most societies.
Synonyms for FORBIDDEN: prohibited, banned, outlawed, barred, illegal, taboo, improper, unauthorized; Antonyms of FORBIDDEN: permissible, permitted, allowable, acceptable, appropriate, permissive, legal, lawful.
1. : to proscribe (see proscribe sense 2) from or as if from the position of one in authority : command against. The law forbids stores to sell liquor to minors. Her mother forbids her to go. 2. : to hinder or prevent as if by an effectual command. Space forbids further treatment here. Modesty forbids telling what my part was in the affair.
verb. a past participle of forbid. adjective. not allowed; prohibited: a forbidden food in his religion. Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers that is not permitted by the selection rules: forbidden transition. / fəˈbɪdən / adjective. not permitted by order or law.
When something is forbidden, it's not allowed. You were forbidden to use your father's computer but you did it anyway — and that's why you're grounded. You may recognize the phrase "forbidden fruit," which refers to a famous Bible story about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
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