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- DictionaryFor·bid·den/fərˈbid(ə)n/
adjective
- 1. not allowed; banned: "a list of forbidden books"
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.
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.
Definition of forbidden adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Forbidden is used to describe things that people strongly disapprove of or feel guilty about, and that are not often mentioned or talked about.
The meaning of FORBID is to proscribe from or as if from the position of one in authority : command against. How to use forbid in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Forbid.
Forbidden is used to describe things that people strongly disapprove of or feel guilty about, and that are not often mentioned or talked about. The war was a forbidden subject. People sometimes fantasize as a substitute for acting out forbidden desires.
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. Synonyms of 'forbidden'
to refuse to allow something, especially officially, or to prevent a particular plan of action by making it impossible: The law forbids the sale of cigarettes to people under the age of 16. [ + to infinitive ] He's obviously really embarrassed about it because he forbade me to tell anyone.
