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    For·bid·den
    /fərˈbid(ə)n/

    adjective

    • 1. not allowed; banned: "a list of forbidden books"
  2. 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.

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  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Definitions of 'forbidden' 1. If something is forbidden, you are not allowed to do it or have it. [...] 2. A forbidden place is one that you are not allowed to visit or enter. [...] 3. Forbidden is used to describe things that people strongly disapprove of or feel guilty about, and that are not often mentioned or talked about. [...] More.

  7. Definition of forbidden adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Define forbidden. forbidden synonyms, forbidden pronunciation, forbidden translation, English dictionary definition of forbidden. v. A past participle of forbid. adj. Physics Having an extremely low probability of occurrence. Used of quantum phenomena: a forbidden transition.

  9. to prevent:[ ~ + object] Loyalty forbids any further comment. for•bid (fər bid′, fôr-), v.t., -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.

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