The meaning of Forbidden

verb

Officially or legally prohibit (something).

Usage examples:

Parking is banned around the harbour in summer

noun

An official or legal prohibition.

Usage examples:

A proposed ban on cigarette advertising

noun

A monetary unit of romania, equal to one hundredth of a leu.

Usage examples:

If you want milk you have to ask for it and it costs extra (often 50 bani or 5000 old lei) and is u…

verb

Officially or legally prohibit (something).

Usage examples:

Parking is banned around the harbour in summer

noun

An official or legal prohibition.

Usage examples:

A proposed ban on cigarette advertising

noun

A curse.

Usage examples:

The land might be smitten by the ban which once fell upon the canaanites

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

Usage examples:

A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

verb

Exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something.

Usage examples:

First-round candidates were debarred from standing

verb

To stop someone from doing something by law or by official agreement

Usage examples:

He was debarred from the club for unacceptable behaviour.

verb

Exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something.

Usage examples:

First-round candidates were debarred from standing

verb

To stop someone from doing something by law or by official agreement

Usage examples:

He was debarred from the club for unacceptable behaviour.

verb

Refuse to declare valid.

Usage examples:

He was offside and the goal was disallowed

verb

To state officially that something cannot be accepted or allowed, because it has not been done in the correct way

Usage examples:

The monopolies legislation disallows mergers of major companies within one industry., disallow clai…

verb

Refuse to declare valid.

Usage examples:

He was offside and the goal was disallowed

verb

Past simple and past participle of disallow

Usage examples:

All protests have been disallowed in the city., the england team had two goals disallowed.

verb

Deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege.

Usage examples:

The public were excluded from the board meeting

verb

To keep out or omit (something or someone)

Usage examples:

The advertised price excludes the sales tax., [ u ] her exclusion from the invitation list was a mi…

verb

To intentionally not include something

Usage examples:

Under the terms of the insurance policy, it is impossible to exclude liability for death or persona…

adjective

Contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law.

Usage examples:

Illegal drugs

noun

A person living in a country without official authorization.

Usage examples:

Letting the states bill the feds for the costs associated with illegals would hit the politicians i…

adjective

Against the law

Usage examples:

Fireworks are illegal in many places., illegally obtained passports

adjective

Not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules.

Usage examples:

Defending workers against illegitimate managerial practices

noun

A person who is illegitimate by birth.

Usage examples:

A woman responding to a survey about the experience of illegitimates in 1986 said that her mother ‘…

adjective

Forbidden by law, rules, or custom.

Usage examples:

Illicit drugs

Contrary to accepted morality or convention

adjective

Illegal or socially disapproved of

Usage examples:

Illicit trade, illicit activities

adjective

Not permitted or allowed.

Usage examples:

Their refusal to discuss the issue is impermissible

adjective

Not allowed

Usage examples:

There are certain topics of conversation that are impermissible in polite society.

noun

A person who has broken the law, especially one who remains at large or is a fugitive.

Usage examples:

Bands of outlaws held up trains

verb

Ban or make illegal.

Usage examples:

Secondary picketing has been outlawed

noun

A criminal, esp. one who is trying to avoid being caught

Usage examples:

Several states have outlawed the use of cell phones while driving.

adjective

Made illegal; banned.

Usage examples:

An outlawed extremist group

verb

Ban or make illegal.

Usage examples:

Secondary picketing has been outlawed

verb

Past simple and past participle of outlaw

Usage examples:

The new law will outlaw smoking in public places.

verb

Prevent from happening; make impossible.

Usage examples:

The secret nature of his work precluded official recognition

verb

Formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority.

Usage examples:

All ivory trafficking between nations is prohibited

verb

To officially forbid something

Usage examples:

The law prohibits smoking in restaurants., loud music prohibited serious conversation.

verb

To officially stop something from being done by making rules or laws that do not allow it

Usage examples:

The government introduced a law prohibiting tobacco advertisements on tv., prohibit sb from doing s…

adjective

That has been forbidden; banned.

Usage examples:

They had deliberately fed prohibited material to their herd

verb

Formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority.

Usage examples:

All ivory trafficking between nations is prohibited

verb

Past simple and past participle of prohibit

Usage examples:

Motor vehicles are prohibited from driving in the town centre., the government introduced a law pro…

verb

Forbid, especially by law.

Usage examples:

Strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces

verb

To forbid an action or practice officially

Usage examples:

The sale of materials that could be used in making nuclear weapons is proscribed by us law.

verb

Forbid, especially by law.

Usage examples:

Strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces

verb

Past simple and past participle of proscribe

Usage examples:

Torture and summary execution of political prisoners are proscribed by international law., the athl…

phrasal verb

Exclude someone or something as a possibility.

Usage examples:

Further testing had ruled out any infection

phrasal verb

To stop considering something as a possibility

Usage examples:

It’s unlikely that he’ll run for president, but you can never rule anything out.

phrasal verb

To decide or state that something is impossible or will not happen, or that something or someone is not suitable

Usage examples:

The management seems to have ruled him out as a candidate for promotion., the ceo said she could no…

verb

(of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen.

Usage examples:

His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun

noun

A cessation of movement or operation.

Usage examples:

All business came to a stop

verb

Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense

noun

A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.

Usage examples:

Many taboos have developed around physical exposure

adjective

Prohibited or restricted by social custom.

Usage examples:

Sex was a taboo subject

verb

Place under a taboo.

Usage examples:

Traditional societies taboo female handling of food during this period

adjective

Not having official permission or approval.

Usage examples:

Unauthorized access to the computer system

adjective

Without official permission

Usage examples:

An unauthorized biography, an unauthorized version of the software is being sold abroad.

adjective

Not officially allowed

Usage examples:

He concealed huge losses made from unauthorized trading on asian futures markets., unauthorized ent…

adjective

Not conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules.

Usage examples:

The use of unlawful violence

adjective

Not sanctioned.

Usage examples:

A series of unsanctioned rallies against high local unemployment

adjective

Not officially allowed or approved

Usage examples:

Police detained several opposition leaders after an unsanctioned rally in the capital., these playe…

noun

A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a lawmaking body.

Usage examples:

Neither state was given a veto over amendments to the act

verb

Exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal).

Usage examples:

The president vetoed the bill

noun

The power to refuse to allow something to be done, or such a refusal

Usage examples:

[ c ] the president has promised a veto if congress passes that bill., [ u ] the mayor will have no…

verb

Exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal).

Usage examples:

The president vetoed the bill

noun

A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a lawmaking body.

Usage examples:

Neither state was given a veto over amendments to the act

verb

Past simple and past participle of veto

Usage examples:

In 1961, president de gaulle vetoed britain's entry into the common market., [ + -ing verb ] my bos…