forbid
Base form
forbid
/fəˈbɪd//fərˈbɪd/
Past simple
forbade
/fəˈbæd//fərˈbæd/
Past participle
forbidden
/fəˈbɪdn//fərˈbɪdn/
MeaningB2
to order someone not to do something
Heaven forbid that anything should go wrong!
In use
- Negative · Form 1Please don’t forbid the kids from playing outside.
- Question · Form 1Will the school forbid phones in class?
- Past simple · Form 2Last year the council forbade cars in the town centre.
- Past simple · Form 2In the story, her father forbade her to marry the sailor.
- Passive · Form 3Smoking is forbidden in all our hotels.
- Present perfect · Form 3My doctor has forbidden me to eat salt.
Watch out
Forbade is said /fəˈbæd/ or /fəˈbeɪd/, and forbidden has a double d: forbidded and forbiden are wrong.
Same pattern
A — B — CAll three forms differ
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