Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prohibit
Participle: prohibited
Gerund: prohibiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prohibit |
| you | prohibit |
| he;she;it | prohibits |
| we | prohibit |
| you | prohibit |
| they | prohibit |
Perfect
| I | have prohibited |
| you | have prohibited |
| he;she;it | has prohibited |
| we | have prohibited |
| you | have prohibited |
| they | have prohibited |
Past
| I | prohibited |
| you | prohibited |
| he;she;it | prohibited |
| we | prohibited |
| you | prohibited |
| they | prohibited |
Pluperfect
| I | had prohibited |
| you | had prohibited |
| he;she;it | had prohibited |
| we | had prohibited |
| you | had prohibited |
| they | had prohibited |
Future
| I | will prohibit |
| you | will prohibit |
| he;she;it | will prohibit |
| we | will prohibit |
| you | will prohibit |
| they | will prohibit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prohibited |
| you | will have prohibited |
| he;she;it | will have prohibited |
| we | will have prohibited |
| you | will have prohibited |
| they | will have prohibited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prohibit |
| you | prohibit |
| he;she;it | prohibit |
| we | prohibit |
| you | prohibit |
| they | prohibit |
Perfect
| I | have prohibited |
| you | have prohibited |
| he;she;it | have prohibited |
| we | have prohibited |
| you | have prohibited |
| they | have prohibited |
Imperfect
| I | prohibited |
| you | prohibited |
| he;she;it | prohibited |
| we | prohibited |
| you | prohibited |
| they | prohibited |
Pluperfect
| I | had prohibited |
| you | had prohibited |
| he;she;it | had prohibited |
| we | had prohibited |
| you | had prohibited |
| they | had prohibited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prohibit |
| you | would prohibit |
| he;she;it | would prohibit |
| we | would prohibit |
| you | would prohibit |
| they | would prohibit |
Perfect
| I | would have prohibited |
| you | would have prohibited |
| he;she;it | would have prohibited |
| we | would have prohibited |
| you | would have prohibited |
| they | would have prohibited |
Imperative
| you | prohibit |
| we | Let's prohibit |
| you | prohibit |
Verbs conjugated like 'prohibit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prohibit'
cohibit,
reprohibit,
adhibit,
cohabit,
exhibit,
inhibit,
prelimit,
previsit,
profit,
promerit,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To forbid or block from participation.
- ban
- To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
- banish
- to forbid, disallow, or proscribe
- bar, criminalize, disallow, estop
- (US, law) To prohibit a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with an application for approval of a new drug from participating in future applications.
- debar
- To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
- enjoin
- To disallow
- forbid
- To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
- interdict
- To declare illegal
- outlaw
- To forbid or prohibit.
- proscribe
- To ban.
- taboo
- To use a veto against.
- veto
- To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
- forfend
- disapprove
- redlight
- forbid
- bar, disallow, halt, enjoin, prevent, interdict
- hinder
- impede, obstruct, inhibit, preclude, restrain, prevent
Antonyms
- to forbid, disallow, or proscribe
- admit, allow, approve, authorize, consent, let, permit, ratify, suffer, tolerate, warrant
- To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
- sanction
- To forbid, disallow, or proscribe.
- tolerate
- forbid
- permit, allow, recommend, encourage
- hinder
- assist, aid, advance, forward
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“to fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus). See: Latin '
prohibeō'.
Sample Sentences
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The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.
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I was prohibited to come.
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Crossing the border without permission is prohibited.
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In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way. [2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:]
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Like the previous rules, the new guidance doesn’t prohibit membership in an extremist organization, but officials said it makes it very difficult to participate. […] For years, the Defense Department relied on a nebulous definition of extremist activity that listed it among a wide array of prohibited behavior. […] “It’s threading a very fine needle when we’re engaging in prohibiting conduct that may be protected by the First Amendment,” said one official. “There’s always going to be this balancing that goes on.” [2021 December 20, Oren Liebermann and Barbara Starr, “Pentagon defines prohibited behavior in effort to tackle extremism”, in CNN:]
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The Foreign Assistance Act bars assistance to any country that “prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance.” [2024 April 11, Jennifer Hansler, “USAID administrator says it is ‘credible’ to assess famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza”, in CNN:]