{
    "term": "prohibit",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "prohibit",
            "heSheIt": "prohibits"
        },
        "pastSimple": "prohibited",
        "pastParticiple": "prohibited",
        "ingForm": "prohibiting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to stop something from being done or used especially by law",
            "sensetop": "prohibit somethingprohibit somebody from doing somethingprohibit (somebody) doing something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Federal law prohibits discrimination based on age.",
                    "contextForm": "prohibit something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soviet citizens were prohibited from travelling abroad.",
                    "contextForm": "prohibit somebody from doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Company policy prohibits posting clearly abusive content.",
                    "contextForm": "prohibit (somebody) doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The import of these products is prohibited by law."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The regulations effectively prohibit the entry of seeds into the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The convention strictly prohibits the dumping of waste at sea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Act specifically prohibits any council from spending money for political purposes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president is constitutionally prohibited from serving more than two terms in office."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "forbid",
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation", "Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["strictly", "clearly", "explicitly"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make something impossible to do",
            "sensetop": "prohibit something/somebody from doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The high cost of equipment prohibits many people from taking up this sport."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "prevent",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["strictly", "clearly", "explicitly"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈhɪbɪt/",
                "audio": "pr/prohibit/prohibit__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈhɪbɪts/",
                "audio": "pr/prohibit/prohibits__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈhɪbɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/prohibit/prohibited__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈhɪbɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prohibit/prohibiting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈhɪbɪt//prəʊˈhɪbɪt/",
                "audio": "pr/prohibit/prohibit__us_1_rr.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈhɪbɪts//prəʊˈhɪbɪts/",
                "audio": "pr/prohibit/prohibits__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈhɪbɪtɪd//prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/prohibit/prohibited__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈhɪbɪtɪŋ//prəʊˈhɪbɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prohibit/prohibiting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin prohibit- ‘kept in check’, from the verb prohibere, from pro- ‘in front’ + habere ‘to hold’."
}