{
    "term": "forbid",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "forbid",
            "heSheIt": "forbids"
        },
        "pastSimple": "forbade",
        "pastParticiple": "forbidden",
        "ingForm": "forbidding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to order somebody not to do something; to order that something must not be done",
            "sensetop": "forbid somebody (from doing something)forbid somethingforbid somebody to do somethingforbid somebody somethingforbid (somebody) doing something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He forbade them from mentioning the subject again.",
                    "contextForm": "forbid somebody (from doing something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her father forbade the marriage.",
                    "contextForm": "forbid something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Smoking is strictly forbidden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You cannot do that. I absolutely forbid it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are all forbidden to leave.",
                    "contextForm": "forbid somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My doctor has forbidden me sugar.",
                    "contextForm": "forbid somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She knew her mother would forbid her going.",
                    "contextForm": "forbid (somebody) doing something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["strictly", "absolutely", "totally"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["be forbidden by law"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make it difficult or impossible to do something",
            "sensetop": "forbid somethingforbid somebody to do something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Lack of space forbids further treatment of the topic here."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "prohibit"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you hope that something will not happen",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me.’ ‘God forbid!’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈbɪd/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbid__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈbɪdz/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbids__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈbæd//fəˈbeɪd/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbade__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈbɪdn/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbidden__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fəˈbɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbidding__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈbɪd/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbid__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈbɪdz/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbids__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈbæd//fərˈbeɪd/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbad__us_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈbɪdn/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbidden__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fərˈbɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fo/forbid/forbidding__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English forbēodan (from for- and bid2)."
}