How to pronounce forbid
American English pronunciation
fur-BID
- IPA
- /fɚˈbɪd/
- Syllables
- fur · BID (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What forbid means
To say that someone is not allowed to do something
In a sentence: The pool rules forbid running on the wet tiles.
Where it comes from: From an Old English word with the same meaning. Dutch, German and Swedish have close cousins of it that mean "to forbid" too.
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